DCEA intercepts, seizes large drug dhow
DAR ES SALAAM: THE Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA), in collaboration with different safety organs, has intercepted and seized an 8-tonne capability dhow used for transporting medication alongside the coast of Indian Ocean.
Impounded in Dar es Salaam in the course of the operation carried out final December, the Pakistan-registered dhow was discovered with 448.3 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine and Heroin.
“This big dhow has been supplying drugs to the countries along the Indian Ocean for the past twenty-eight years,” mentioned DCEA Commissioner General Aretas Lyimo when talking at a press convention in Dar es Salaam, yesterday.
Commissioner General Lyimo famous that the seized drug haul within the dhow belonged to eight Pakistan nationals.
During the operation, the authorities additionally impounded different 224.9 kilogrammes of the narcotics on the seashores of the Dar es Salaam metropolis.
Detailing on the successes recorded within the struggle in opposition to the illicit medication within the 12 months 2024, Mr Lyimo identified that they managed to grab 2.3 million kilogrammes (2,300 tonnes) of medication.
“This is the biggest amount ever seized since the authority was established,” he mentioned, noting that in 2023 the authority impounded 1.9 million (1,900 tonnes) kilogrammes of medication.
The marijuana accounted for large quantity in comparison with different sorts of medication seized in 2024, adopted by Methamphetamine, Heroin and Fentanyl.
“This efficiency in impounding the drugs is a result of operations conducted in various areas in our country including the Indian Ocean through which drugs have been smuggled in large quantity,” he defined.
On the opposite hand, the federal government has continued to make sure that the general public is protected in opposition to results of medication.
In 2024, no less than 28 folks had been reached out for consciousness schooling concerning the results of the narcotics.
In efforts to broaden medical companies to drug addicts, the federal government in collaboration with improvement stakeholders, elevated two extra Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) clinics within the Coast and Tanga areas, bringing a complete variety of such services to 18 within the nation.
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These centres have been registered and serve a complete of 18,170 drug addicts.
Also, six extra sober homes have been constructed, therefore making a complete of 62 sober homes countrywide, serving 17,230 drug addicts.
“These achievements are due to huge investment in the intervention services by the sixth phase government”.
Mr Lyimo mentioned that evaluation on the supply of medication within the nation exhibits that the Heroin availability has decreased, therefore forcing the addicts to make use of the Methadone for therapy.
He mentioned the 12 months 2025, the authority will concentrate on strenthening management of medication via robust worldwide collaboration and using fashionable know-how in monitoring networks of drug sellers.
