Tanzania seizes 179kg of heroin, arrests Pakistanis

22 Feb, 2011

"This is the single biggest heroin bust in the country's history," the head of Tanzania's anti-narcotics police unit, Godfrey Nzowa, told Reuters. "We have arrested four suspects, among them two Pakistan nationals and two Tanzanians." Like other east African nations, Tanzania is a major transit hub for trafficking in hard drugs from Asia and Latin America to Western markets thanks to lax customs controls and corruption.

Copyright Reuters, 2011

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