‘Drug mule’ in court over Sh221 narcotics

A businesswoman who tried to smuggle into Tanzania 76 cocaine-filled capsules she had swallowed in Brazil bagged 20 years in jail after being convicted of drug trafficking.

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Tanzanian Drug Mule Dies After Swallowing 30 Heroin Capsules
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ARUSHA, Tanzania, April 20 (Bernama) -- A Tanzanian drug mule died after swallowing 30 capsules of heroin, Xinhua news agency reported. Godfrey Nzowa, senior assistant commissioner of police, said 40-year-old Kervin Mafita arrived from Dar es Salaam ...
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 A woman Salama Omary Mzala, 39, yesterday in the Kisutu Resident Magistrates’ Court to answer charges of trafficking drugs, worth Sh39.3 million.

The High Court in Dar es Salaam is embarking on a fresh move to clear the backlog of drug-related cases that will see each judge assigned to hear at least one case, The Citizen has learnt.

A court in the United States has issued warrants of arrest against four suspects, among them a son of slain suspected drug baron Ibrahim Akasha, over charges of conspiracy to import narcotics.