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Police in Burera District intercepted a vehicle on Saturday, which was transporting about 2000 pellets of cannabis.
A public transport vehicle: RAC 813W, Toyota Hiace type was intercepted along the road Kirambo-Burera, heading to City of Kigali.
According to Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Alex Rugigana, the Police spokesperson for the Northern region, the successful operation was based on credible information shared by residents that some of the vehicles coming from Burera do not comply with traffic rules.
“Police in Burera has mounted a roadblock to check all vehicles using the road Kirambo-Burera-Base, to see if they comply with traffic rules and regulations. They checked passengers and searched their luggage, and in the process they found a bag full of pellets of cannabis, 1912 pellets to be exact, but the owner evaded when he saw the police,” the spokesperson said.
He added, “Passengers of the taxi identified the suspect as Munyenshongore aged between 50 and 55 as he was the one, seating where the bag was found and escaped pretending to go to a short call, but never returned.”
CIP Rugigana also thanked the vigilance and responsiveness of the residents
He called upon the general public to always report suspected drug dealers or anything suspicious to supplement the ongoing joint efforts to break chains of supply.
“Even if you suspect someone to be a drug dealer alert the Police to authenticate the information, because drug dealers tend to apply different tricks to avoid being identified," said the spokesperson.
Under article 263 of penal code, any person who unlawfully produces, transforms, transports, stores, gives to another or who sell narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances commits an offense. Up on conviction, he or she is liable to between 20 years and life imprisonment, and a fine between Rwf15 million and Rwf30 million.
