474 kg of cannabis seized from a freight truck in Humera
Customs officials seized 474 kg of cannabis hidden under food and edible oil in a freight truck near Humera, four kilometres from the Sudanese border. The driver and his assistant fled before the seizure and police were hunting them.
🇪🇹 Humera town, near the Sudanese border · Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Ministry of Revenue seized474 kg of cannabis from a freight truck in Humera town while it was being smuggled to neighbouring Sudan.[1]The head of the ministry Humera area branch, Melese Yimam, told the state-run Ethiopian News Agency that the cannabis was found inside the truck about four kilometres from the Sudanese border.[1]
Security forces and customs staff had trailed the truck for some time before seizing it, and the cannabis was hidden below a consignment of food and edible oil the truck was officially carrying.[1]The driver and his assistant disappeared shortly before the seizure and police were on a manhunt for them.[1]
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