North Kordofan police seize 8,738 hashish heads from a truck; three held
Anti-narcotics police in North Kordofan seized 8,738 heads of hashish from a Kamaz truck in El Obeid and detained three suspects. The vehicle was also carrying a Kalashnikov rifle and 28 rounds; the three were held at the central El Obeid police station under article 15 (a) of Sudan's narcotics law.
🇸🇩 El Obeid, North Kordofan · Sudan
Arrested
3
Plants destroyed
8,738
Agencies
North Kordofan anti-narcotics administration, North Kordofan state police
North Kordofan state’s anti-narcotics administration, working with related
forces, seized a large shipment of hashish in El Obeid totalling 8,738 qandul
and detained three suspects.[1]A qandul is a head or ball of cannabis resin,
the form in which hashish is usually described in Sudanese police reports.[2]
The seizure followed field surveillance based on confirmed information and
turned up a Kamaz tipper truck carrying the shipment, which was divided among 12
sacks.[1]Officers also found a Kalashnikov rifle and 28 rounds of ammunition
in the vehicle.[1]
The three suspects were taken to the central El Obeid police station, where a
case was registered under number 970 under article 15 (a) of Sudan’s narcotics
and psychotropic substances law.[1]The seized material was entered as
exhibits in the case while investigation continued.[2]
The acting state police director, Brigadier Jamal Ezzeldin, the head of the
criminal investigations department and the police chief of Sheikan locality
attended the seizure, alongside officers and units against negative phenomena.[1]Ezzeldin praised the executing force for its efficiency and coordination in
completing the operation.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Plants destroyed
8,738
Agencies
North Kordofan anti-narcotics administration; North Kordofan state police
Agency type
Anti-narcotics agency, Police
Cannabis
Hashish (8,738 plants)
Activity
Smuggling, Trafficking
Setting
Vehicle
Charge
article 15 (a) of the narcotics and psychotropic substances law
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