Warehouse where seized illicit drugs had been stored goes up in flames

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Warehouse where seized illicit drugs had been stored goes up in flames

9:56 CAT | 15 Apr 2023

FILE - The drugs were 42 kilos of cocaine, 34 kilos of amphetamines, and four kilos of heroin. The police had seized them when they intercepted the vehicle used by the traffickers, a Ford Ranger, in the Cabo Delgado district of Mecufi. [File photo: Zumbo FM]

A warehouse in which the police had stored 80 kilos of illicit drugs in the city of Pemba, capital of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado burnt to the ground on Friday, according to a report on Radio Mozambique.

The drugs were 42 kilos of cocaine, 34 kilos of amphetamines, and four kilos of heroin. The police had seized them when they intercepted the vehicle used by the traffickers, a Ford Ranger, in the Cabo Delgado district of Mecufi.

The Pemba fire brigade was called to the scene to put out the fire. The causes of the blaze are not yet known. The National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) has promised to make a statement on the incident.

Source: AIM