Drone Helps Seize Ton Of Heroin From Smugglers Bound For Tanzania

Drone Helps Seize Ton Of Heroin From Smugglers Bound For Tanzania
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A Scan Eagle is launched from a ship for a maritime mission. Photo: wired.com. Drones deployed from a U.K. Royal Navy warship helped intercept nearly a ton of heroin being transported by smugglers en route to Tanzania in the Indian Ocean, WestBriton ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

Mail &Amp; Guardian Online

04 Jul

On the road with heroin smugglers

On the road with heroin smugglers
Mail & Guardian Online
After meeting a Tanzanian stowaway, Sean Christie gets caught up in a hair-raising heroin run from Dar es Salaam to Cape Town. I first met Adam three years ago, in a forlorn place under Nelson Mandela Boulevard, the freeway that snips the City of Cape ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Jun

Ghana-bound TZ man arrested with heroin

>Special task force officers of the Anti-Drug Unit at Julius Nyerere International Airport have arrested a Tanzanian man carrying about 40 heroin-filled capsules in his stomach.

 

10 years ago

Vijimambo

07 Aug

Swiss customs officers seize 8 suitcases of elephant ivory bound for China

Swiss customs officials have seized around 262 kilograms (578 pounds) of elephant ivory destined for China in a random check on three Chinese passengers at Zurich Airport. The elephant tusks were discovered in eight suitcases carried by three Chinese nationals who were traveling from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to the Chinese city of Beijing, via Zurich. The tusks had been sawed into chunks to fit into the luggage, according to a news release from Swiss customs officials. The discovery was...

 

10 years ago

GlobalPost

09 Feb

Tanzanian police seize 40 kg of heroin, arrest two foreigners

Tanzanian police seize 40 kg of heroin, arrest two foreigners
GlobalPost
DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian police said on Sunday they have seized 40 kg of heroin in the southern part of the east African nation and arrested two foreigners in connection with the haul. Renatha Mzinga, Lindi regional police commander, ...

 

10 years ago

BBC News

05 May

Welsh sniffer dogs to help catch smugglers in Tanzania

Daily Post North Wales
Welsh sniffer dogs to help catch smugglers in Tanzania
BBC News
Sniffer dogs from north Wales are being flown to the east African country of Tanzania to help catch smugglers. The dogs will help authorities detect ivory, weapons, ammunition and animal products including elephant and buffalo meat. They will be placed ...
Flintshire sniffer dogs to help catch smugglers in TanzaniaDaily Post North Wales

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10 years ago

Daily Post North Wales

05 May

Flintshire sniffer dogs to help catch smugglers in Tanzania

Daily Post North Wales
Flintshire sniffer dogs to help catch smugglers in Tanzania
Daily Post North Wales
A team of sniffer dogs from North Wales have secured a new contract busting smugglers in Tanzania. Specialist detection dog company Wagtail UK, which is based in Flintshire, and its sister organisation Conservation Dogs have been hired to help authorities ...

 

10 years ago

Daily Mail

06 Feb

Somewhere homeward bound: settling Tanzania's refugees

Daily Mail
Somewhere homeward bound: settling Tanzania's refugees
Daily Mail
In a small windowless room in the far west of Tanzania, 23-year old Paskazia Mwenebato sorts through a pile of lentils, dreaming of a life outside a refugee camp. In Nyarugusu, Tanzania's last major refugee camp, the government and United Nations are ...

 

10 years ago

New Vision

06 Feb

Homeward Bound: Settling Tanzania's refugees

New Vision
Homeward Bound: Settling Tanzania's refugees
New Vision
A woman stands in an enclosed area at the Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania, on November 20, 2014. In Nyarugusu, Tanzanias last major refugee camp, the government and United Nations are trying to end a rootless life for generations of people living, ...
Somewhere homeward bound: settling Tanzania's refugeesDaily Mail

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10 years ago

Redditch Advertiser

02 Apr

Bishop blesses tractor bound for Tanzania

Bishop blesses tractor bound for Tanzania
Redditch Advertiser
IN a change from the norm a bishop from the Diocese of Worcester has blessed a tractor, which will be transported to a small village in Tanzania. Bishop John has blessed the tractor which, along with a trailer and plough funded by Redditch-based charity, ...

 

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