Dawa za kulevya za bilioni 3 zakamatwa Dar
Dawa za kulevya za bilioni 3 zakamatwa Dar
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Asante mdau wangu
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Mdau mzigo umepatikana kunduchi na wanais umeingia na boti
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sahihi ni na raia mmoja wa Iran na sio wa Pakistan
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How police seized Sh4bn drugs in Dar
Wednesday, 07 September 2011 23:31
By Bernard James, The Citizen Reporter
Dar es Salaam.
Anti-drugs officers in Dar es Salaam yesterday seized a 97-kilogramme haul of heroin worth Sh4.3 billion and arrested four suspects.The head of the police anti-narcotics unit, Mr Godfrey Nzowa, said three Tanzanians and an Iranian were in custody in connection with one of the biggest drug hauls to have been seized in the country.
The suspects were intercepted at Kunduchi Mtongani in the wee hours of yesterday as they were taking the consignment to Mikocheni in two cars.
Intelligence reports indicate that the consignment was smuggled in by ship and offloaded from the vessel anchored off the coast before it was ferried by boat to the uninhabited Bongoyo Island. The haul was then taken to the shore at Kunduchi.The heroin, which was stuffed in four bags, was loaded into two cars, ready for the trip to Mikocheni, several kilometres away, Mr Nzowa said.
Police, who had been monitoring the suspects for several hours, intercepted them as they were leaving the beach.
"We challenged them to surrender, but they attempted to speed away. However, they gave up after realising we had surrounded them, guns at the ready," said Mr Nzowa, who led the operation.
The trousers of all five suspects were wet after wading in the sea as they unloaded the haul from a boat.
Mr Nzowa said the Iranian suspect was a close relative of Mr Mohamed Ali Pouradad, another Iranian who was allegedly arrested in Handeni, Tanga Region, with 95 kilogrammes of heroin in March, last year.
Mr Pouradad and five other people were charged with trafficking in drugs, and the case is still pending in court.
Police had a tough time extracting statements from the suspects yesterday. One of them refused to cooperate, saying he would only do so in the presence of his relatives.
The Iranian had also not recorded a statement by midday, and was said to have not uttered a word since he was arrested.Mr Nzowa said the consignment's seizure and arrest of the four suspects was a "huge" step in the war on drug trafficking and use.
The seizure brought the weight of heroin impounded this year alone to 294 kilogrammes.In February, this year, two Pakistanis were arrested with 179 kilogrammes of heroin at Mbezi in Dar es Salaam in the biggest ever seizure of the drug in Tanzania.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a recent report that drug traffickers, faced with tough restrictions on transiting through Asia and Middle East, have turned some African countries, including Tanzania, into a cost-effective route for heroin shipment to Europe and elsewhere.
Yesterday's arrests came three weeks after anti-drugs authorities said they had stepped up the war on trafficking in and use of drugs, which are ravaging Tanzanian youth while making a few people fabulously rich.
Police said they were working on a list of religious leaders and politicians alleged to be involved in drug trafficking, and warned that it was only a matter of time before they were brought to book."We are still receiving useful information about them. We have some information, and we are working on it," said Drug Control Commission chairman Christopher Shekiondo.
He added that drug dealers were changing their tactics, and some were using diplomatic credentials to facilitate the narcotics trade. It is also not unusual for drug dealers to use diplomatic passports. Four suspects – a Liberian, Guinean and three Ugandans – masquerading as diplomats were recently arrested at Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International Airport with a substantial quantity of heroin.
Mr Nzowa says he agrees with a United Nations report that says Tanzania and Kenya are increasingly becoming a cost-effective conduit for transporting heroin from Afghanistan to other parts of the world. "I quite agree with the report otherwise we would not have seized such a huge amount of heroin in the last two years," he said.
Mr Nzowa said the drug kingpins were constantly changing routes, packaging and couriers to smuggle drugs.
"Drug traffickers plan their activities to the tiniest of details…they employ very sophisticated means to cover up their tracks."
According to the UNODC report, drug trafficking organisations exploit the low capacity at seaports and airports in the most fragile African states. It says East Africa's minimal law enforcement at ports of entry has encouraged drug traffickers to transit heroin from Pakistan or Gulf countries through East Africa.
Wednesday, 07 September 2011 23:31
By Bernard James, The Citizen Reporter
Dar es Salaam.
Anti-drugs officers in Dar es Salaam yesterday seized a 97-kilogramme haul of heroin worth Sh4.3 billion and arrested four suspects.The head of the police anti-narcotics unit, Mr Godfrey Nzowa, said three Tanzanians and an Iranian were in custody in connection with one of the biggest drug hauls to have been seized in the country.
The suspects were intercepted at Kunduchi Mtongani in the wee hours of yesterday as they were taking the consignment to Mikocheni in two cars.
Intelligence reports indicate that the consignment was smuggled in by ship and offloaded from the vessel anchored off the coast before it was ferried by boat to the uninhabited Bongoyo Island. The haul was then taken to the shore at Kunduchi.The heroin, which was stuffed in four bags, was loaded into two cars, ready for the trip to Mikocheni, several kilometres away, Mr Nzowa said.
Police, who had been monitoring the suspects for several hours, intercepted them as they were leaving the beach.
"We challenged them to surrender, but they attempted to speed away. However, they gave up after realising we had surrounded them, guns at the ready," said Mr Nzowa, who led the operation.
The trousers of all five suspects were wet after wading in the sea as they unloaded the haul from a boat.
Mr Nzowa said the Iranian suspect was a close relative of Mr Mohamed Ali Pouradad, another Iranian who was allegedly arrested in Handeni, Tanga Region, with 95 kilogrammes of heroin in March, last year.
Mr Pouradad and five other people were charged with trafficking in drugs, and the case is still pending in court.
Police had a tough time extracting statements from the suspects yesterday. One of them refused to cooperate, saying he would only do so in the presence of his relatives.
The Iranian had also not recorded a statement by midday, and was said to have not uttered a word since he was arrested.Mr Nzowa said the consignment's seizure and arrest of the four suspects was a "huge" step in the war on drug trafficking and use.
The seizure brought the weight of heroin impounded this year alone to 294 kilogrammes.In February, this year, two Pakistanis were arrested with 179 kilogrammes of heroin at Mbezi in Dar es Salaam in the biggest ever seizure of the drug in Tanzania.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a recent report that drug traffickers, faced with tough restrictions on transiting through Asia and Middle East, have turned some African countries, including Tanzania, into a cost-effective route for heroin shipment to Europe and elsewhere.
Yesterday's arrests came three weeks after anti-drugs authorities said they had stepped up the war on trafficking in and use of drugs, which are ravaging Tanzanian youth while making a few people fabulously rich.
Police said they were working on a list of religious leaders and politicians alleged to be involved in drug trafficking, and warned that it was only a matter of time before they were brought to book."We are still receiving useful information about them. We have some information, and we are working on it," said Drug Control Commission chairman Christopher Shekiondo.
He added that drug dealers were changing their tactics, and some were using diplomatic credentials to facilitate the narcotics trade. It is also not unusual for drug dealers to use diplomatic passports. Four suspects – a Liberian, Guinean and three Ugandans – masquerading as diplomats were recently arrested at Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International Airport with a substantial quantity of heroin.
Mr Nzowa says he agrees with a United Nations report that says Tanzania and Kenya are increasingly becoming a cost-effective conduit for transporting heroin from Afghanistan to other parts of the world. "I quite agree with the report otherwise we would not have seized such a huge amount of heroin in the last two years," he said.
Mr Nzowa said the drug kingpins were constantly changing routes, packaging and couriers to smuggle drugs.
"Drug traffickers plan their activities to the tiniest of details…they employ very sophisticated means to cover up their tracks."
According to the UNODC report, drug trafficking organisations exploit the low capacity at seaports and airports in the most fragile African states. It says East Africa's minimal law enforcement at ports of entry has encouraged drug traffickers to transit heroin from Pakistan or Gulf countries through East Africa.
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Huyu Mwenyekiti wa Drug Control Commission ni mtu ambaye utendaji wake na pengine hata uaminifu wake ni wa mashaka,
Aliwahi kuwa Kamanda wa Polisi wa Mkoa. Sifa yake ilikuwa: Kila Mkoa alipofanya kazi kama RPC, majambazi yalihamia huko na matukio ya Ujambazi kupanda sana. Alikaa Kigoma ujambazi ukaongezeka kupindukia, kisha akaenda Mbeya hali ikawa hivyo na baadaye Arusha. Huenda ni coincidence lakini inatia mashaka kwa kupewa majukumu nyeti kama haya.
Shuguli nyeti kama hii inahitaji mtu ambaye CV yake haina mashaka kwa uaminifu na utendaji.
Huyo ni Kamanda Christopher Shekiondo, wanaomjua hasa katika mikoa hiyo niliyotaja wanaweza kuwa mashahidi
Aliwahi kuwa Kamanda wa Polisi wa Mkoa. Sifa yake ilikuwa: Kila Mkoa alipofanya kazi kama RPC, majambazi yalihamia huko na matukio ya Ujambazi kupanda sana. Alikaa Kigoma ujambazi ukaongezeka kupindukia, kisha akaenda Mbeya hali ikawa hivyo na baadaye Arusha. Huenda ni coincidence lakini inatia mashaka kwa kupewa majukumu nyeti kama haya.
Shuguli nyeti kama hii inahitaji mtu ambaye CV yake haina mashaka kwa uaminifu na utendaji.
Huyo ni Kamanda Christopher Shekiondo, wanaomjua hasa katika mikoa hiyo niliyotaja wanaweza kuwa mashahidi
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Habari kamili nimeweka hapo juu.
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I saw it
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