42-year-old held with cocaine and suruma in Chimoio
Police in Chimoio detained a 42-year-old dual Mozambican-Tanzanian national on suspicion of drug trafficking after accomplices tipped them off. He was found with cocaine and cannabis sativa, locally called suruma, in an unspecified quantity.
Police in Chimoio, the provincial capital of Manica, detained a 42-year-old man.[1]The detainee has dual Mozambican and Tanzanian nationality.[1]He comes
from Palma in Cabo Delgado.[2]Officers of the Polícia da República de
Moçambique (PRM), Mozambique’s national police, made the arrest.[1]He was
accused of the crime of drug trafficking.[1]The arrest took place on the
preceding weekend.[1]Police detained him after tip-offs given by his
accomplices.[1]
He was found in possession of cocaine and cannabis sativa, known locally as
suruma.[1]Manica police spokesperson Mateus Mindú announced the seizure but
did not specify the quantity of drugs seized.[1]The second account likewise
says he was arrested with cocaine and cannabis sativa and that the amount was
not specified.[2]
Police believe the drugs came from abroad and are trying to locate other
possible members of the group.[1]The aim is to dismantle a possible organised
crime network operating in Manica.[1]Mozambique continues to be described as
an international drug corridor carrying drugs mostly from Asia to Europe and
South Africa.[1]
Case data
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Mozambique's Republican Police detained two people, one Mozambican and one Tanzanian, with 48 kilograms of cannabis sativa, known as suruma, packed into bundles of used clothes and bound for Tanzania. A Maputo police spokesperson said the haul was part of a larger trafficking network and that investigations were continuing.
SERNIC detained four Mozambican nationals in Pemba on 22 June 2024 with 14 kg of hashish found in two vehicles. The case has been sent to the Attorney General's Office while the accused deny involvement and the drug's origin remains unknown.
Police in Chimoio, Manica province, detained four people aged 25 to 45, two of them women, and found 14 kg of cannabis sativa, locally called soruma. The officers said the group tried to bribe them with 21,000 meticais, and the file was sent to the Public Prosecutor's Office with a separate corruption case.
SERNIC officers in Sofala detained two FADM soldiers in Manga, Beira, seizing one kilogram of cannabis sativa known locally as suruma and intended for Dondo. The men, aged 29 and 32, were held for legal proceedings while police searched for their supplier.