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Police in Karongi District is holding a girl said to be part of the group of drug traffickers in the area.
Amina Sinzabakwira, 22, a resident of Rubengera sector was apprehended by police on Saturday following a tip-off from area residents.
She was found in possession of 12 kilogrammes of cannabis, at the time of her arrest. She is currently detained at Rubengera police station.
Police said, Sinzabakwira will be charged with selling of substances considered as drugs, under article 594 of the penal code.
It stipulates that any person, who unlawfully, makes, transforms, imports, or sells narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances within the country, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of three to five years and a fine of five hundred thousand to five million.
Police in the area said they had information on Sinzabakwira’s illegal acts, and other people.
It said they are now searching for other people, who are on the list.
Fighting and preventing drug abuse is among the Rwanda National Police priorities, and the campaign against the vice has yielded positive results in the recent past as a number of dealers have been arrested and drugs seized and destroyed.
