7 arrested, over one tonne of heroin seized in Tanzania

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7 arrested, over one tonne of heroin seized in Tanzania

9:08 CAT | 26 Apr 2021

Seven suspected drug traffickers arrested after they were found in a boat with more than one tonne of heroin. [Image: Twitter / @newsmonger66 ]

Tanzania’s anti-narcotics watchdog said on Saturday it has seized more than one tonne of heroin and arrested seven suspects.

Gerald Kusaya, the commissioner-general of the Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA), said the drugs were seized in the early hours of Saturday while they were being transported in a boat in the Indian Ocean.

Anti-narcotics police in collaboration with the navy intercepted the heroin in the coastal waters off port town Kilwa Masoko in Lindi region, Kusaya told a news conference in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.

Kusaya said all the seven suspects were found in the boat with the contraband.

The Drug Control and Anti-Doping Authority (DCEA) in collaboration with the JWTZ Marine Corps has arrested seven Asians transporting more than a ton of heroin by boat. The drugs were seized in Kilwa Masoko area in Lindi region. Why these people bringing drugs to Tanzania now? 😤 pic.twitter.com/nfCCDu2mL3

— ValT (@newsmonger66) April 25, 2021

Mamlaka ya Kudhibiti na Kupambana na Dawa za Kulevya (DCEA) kwa kushirikiana na kikosi cha wanamaji cha JWTZ imewakamata watu saba wakisafirisha dawa za kulevya aina ya heroin zaidi ya tani moja kwa kutumia jahazi. Dawa hizo zimekamtwa eneo la Kilwa Masoko mkoani Lindi. pic.twitter.com/JNvEs2ZqMg

— Swahili Times (@swahilitimes) April 24, 2021