Still no evidence of alleged participation of an MP in Macuse drug trafficking case – Sernic | Notícias

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Still no evidence of alleged participation of an MP in Macuse drug trafficking case – Sernic | Notícias

2:59 CAT | 13 Jan 2023

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The National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) has confirmed that there is a case of drug trafficking through the Port of Macuse, but says there is no certainty concerning the involvement of a deputy of the Assembly of the Republic (AR) in the crime, Notícias reports.

Zambezia provincial Sernic director Domingas Chicuate said that the drug trafficking, involving a teacher and a naval commander, now detained, took place in November last year, but there is still no evidence of involvement of an AR deputy.

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Chicuate was speaking a few days ago in Quelimane, during a meeting between Sernic personnel and Secretary of State Judith Mussácula on the occasion of the institution’s sixth anniversary celebrations.

Chicuate specified that, during the [police] operations, 110 kilograms of cannabis sativa, 102 kilograms of morphine, 14 kilograms of hashish, 0.5 kilograms of heroin and 5150 grams of methamphetamine were seized.

Twenty-six people were arrested in association with the seizures, and the cases were referred to the Public Prosecutor’s Office for legal recourse.

Chicuate also noted that criminal cases in 2022 had culminated in 87 arrests.

Figures indicate that 2,007 criminal cases were registered at provincial level during 2022, against 2,506 in the previous year, a reduction of 499 cases.

Chicuate clarified that 1,286 of the proceedings are against known people, and 751 against unknown persons, all having been referred to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Chicuate said that the corporation would continue to consolidate its plan for complying with the deadline in the investigative phase of the cases (instrução preparatória], and would focus on the prevention and investigation of cases related to organized crime.

In reply, Secretary of State Mussácula urged Sernic to focus on the prevention and clarification of crimes such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, crimes against life, illegal immigration, money laundering and kidnapping.

Source: Notícias