‘How we seized Sh5.2bn drugs’

Full trial of the Sh5.2 billion drug-haul case commenced yesterday without two key Pakistani suspects who have an arrest warrant on their heads.

South Africa is to spend $2.2bn (£1.4bn) over two years on life-saving Aids drugs for public hospitals, a government minister says.

Elite Kenyan police units seize a cargo ship suspected to be carrying drugs at the port of Mombasa, which was sealed off overnight.

>About Sh6 billion worth of heroin and cocaine has been seized at Tanzania’s major airports in the past two-and-half-years, according to police reports. That haul came from only 56 drug trafficking suspects at Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) and Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA).

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Drugs worth Rs7.4 crore seized from airport
Daily News & Analysis
According to additional commissioner (airport customs) Milind Lanjewar, the accused, a Tanzanian national identified as Chambo Fatma Basil, was departing to Dar Es Salaam via Doha by Qatar Airways. The airport staff found the contraband after screening ...
Meth worth Rs 7.4 crore seizedThe Asian Age
Tanzanian woman caught in Mumbai airport’s biggest narcotics haul ...NYOOOZ

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Mumbai Customs' biggest score: 74 kgs of drugs seized at airport
The Indian Express
In the biggest drug bust at the Mumbai airport, Customs officials seize 74 kgs of drug Methaqualone from a woman passenger on Wednesday morning. The drugs worth Rs 7.4 crores were retrieved from three checked-in bags. Officials from the Air Intelligence ...
Customs seize 74 kg drugs at AirportTimes of India
74 kg contraband seized from Tanzanian woman at Mumbai airportZee News

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2bn/- saved in bulk vehicle purchase
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BULK procurement has intensified control over public expenditures, with the government reported to have saved 989,514 US dollars (about 2bn/-) in the purchase of 50 motor vehicles that were imported as of April, this year. Finance Minister, Ms Saada Mkuya ...

More than 16.2bn/- not accounted for, says Isles PAC
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THE Zanzibar House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has revealed major irregularities, including 16.2bn/- which is unaccounted-for in public coffers. PAC chairperson Mr Omar Ali Shehe said on day that there have been gradual ...

Over 1.2bn/- in arrears paid to 579 Moshi teachers
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THE government has spent over 1.2bn/- as of February 2015 to pay arrears to 579 teachers in Moshi district, the National Assembly heard on Monday. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (Regional Administration and Local Government) Mr Kassim ...