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5:18 CAT | 31 Oct 2022
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Mozambique’s National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) detained a businessman of Nigerian origin on suspicion of drug trafficking in the city of Beira on Friday, an official source announced on Saturday.
“This citizen, of Nigerian origin, is a well-known businessman who sells cosmetics throughout the central region,” Sernic spokesman Lurdes Cuchama told reporters in Beira.
“His arrest was based on an anonymous tip-off, according to which the detainee kept drugs in his house. Due diligence carried out by Sernic made it possible to seize the drugs,” she added.
At the businessman’s residence, authorities seized 536 grams of cannabis, an unspecified amount of cocaine and a “drug crushing machine”, which, according to Sernic, may suggest that there are others involved in this type of crime in the central region.
International organisations locate Mozambique on several drug trafficking routes, mainly originating in Asia and crossing the Indian Ocean.
Source: Lusa
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