POLICE in Rukwa region have arrested 12 people, one of them a woman, for allegedly using and peddling narcotic drugs during the ongoing crackdown carried in Sumbawanga Town.
The Rukwa Regional Police Commander
(RPC) , Mr George Kyando confirmed the arrest of the suspects allegedly
caught in possession of two grams of illicit drugs, heroine and cannabis
sativa weighing 15 kilograms.
The RPC further said that during the
crackdown, seven satchels allegedly to have been used to keep illicit
drugs and a measuring spoon have been seized. However, he declined to
reveal the identities of the suspects for fear of tempering with the
on-going investigations.
“Police with cooperation from other
state organs have staged special operations in efforts to crackdown the
drugs peddlers and drug abusers in all three districts and its villages
in the region. In efforts to make the operation a success, police here
have decided to make sure this kind of operations are sustainable.
So that all those who deal in drugs,
including drug abusers and those who engage in cultivating illicit drugs
are traced, arrested and prosecuted,” added the RPC. Mr Kyando further
said that all 12 suspects are still interrogated and soon they will be
arraigned in court once preliminary investigations of their case are
over.
In another development, Police in
Kilimanjaro region are holding 49 suspects involved in the trafficking,
selling and using drugs following an extensive search in the region.
Kilimanjaro Regional Police Commander
(RPC) Mr. Wilbroad Mutafungwa, said the suspects were arrested in a
search conducted from February 6 to 10 this year. He added that the 49
suspects were found with 269 pellets of marijuana, 13 marijuana plants
and khat weighing over 30kg.
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