FRESH details are emerging on the drugs saga with the police in Dar es Salaam forming a special task force to deal with drug barons in yet another move seeking for a lasting solution on the illegal trade in the country’s commercial city.
According to the RC, the three police officers who are in the network of drug kingpins made 1bn/- from the illegal trade in the past two weeks. Mr Makonda revealed more names of drug kingpins and dealers at a press conference in Dar es Salaam that saw the number of suspects soaring.
They are Mudy Zungu, Fadhili and Ben. He asked the Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police Commander, Simon Sirro, to arrest them immediately. “I have been informed that one of them has purchased a house in Kigamboni after minting cash from this business,’’ he noted.
In what appears to make Dar es Salaam a hotbed of drugs criminals, the RC revealed more names of suspects who are linked to the illegal business that has now attracted members from the crucial security apparatus who extort cash to protect the barons.
Apart from the three police officers, Mr Makonda mentioned another suspect -- one Omary Sanga -- who he described as a notorious drug kingpin. He said the suspect was luring many youths to transport drugs to China.
“70 percent of Tanzanian prisoners in China who were convicted for the illegal trade were being sent into that country by this man who according to our intelligence information is currently in Dubai. According to him, he was currently planning to travel for China but our security machineries will make sure that he does not leave that country.
He added that he would be arrested and deported immediately, as the region came in with renewed force to deal with the menace as well as cracking the whip to perpetrators ruthlessly.
The no-nonsense RC gave a list of other people linked to drug dealers.
The list includes prominent artists Vanesa Mdee and Tunda Sabasita alias Video Queen. Others that he mentioned only by one name are Kashozi, Amani, Halidadi and Kadhila. Mr Makonda asked Mr Sirro to summon them to appear before the central police station for grilling on Monday next week.
He further named a prominent hotel, the Mediterranean, which is located in Kawe in the outskirts of the city that it was a centre for drugs business contrary to their licence conditions.
On Thursday, The RC revealed the first batch of alleged drug dealers including senior police officers and popular artists in Dar es Salaam who were arrested in connection with the illegal trade.
Mr Makonda told reporters in the city that the suspected drug kingpins were apprehended during an overnight special operation that he carried out in collaboration with the region’s security and defence organs.
He named the suspects under police custody as Ahmed Ngahemela popularly known as Petit man, Said Lina (Alteza), Nasor Nassor, B a k a r i Khelef and one identified by one name, Omary.
Police officers in the arrest list include former Kinondoni Regional Police Commander Christopher Fuime, Kinondoni Regional Crime Officer Fadhil, Inspector Wayi, Steven (D/ SGT-RCO Kinondoni) and James (D/C-Kinondoni).
Others are Swai, Neri, Willy and Makomeo at Oysterbay station, D/CPT Dotto from Kijitonyama police station, WP Glory of Kawe police station and JB from Chang’ombe police station.
The RC directed some Dar es Salaam-based artists to surrender themselves at Central Police Station on Thursday to give statements over their alleged drug abuse or drug business facilitation.
The summoned artists were Wema Sepetu, Khaleed Mohamed (TID), Winfrida Josephat (Recho), Khery Sameer (Mr Blue), Hamidu Chambuso (Dogo Hamidu) and Rashid Makwiro (Chid Benz).
Today four artists appeared at the police station for interrogation, as the RC ordered the arrest and detention of those who failed to show up.
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