Police in the City of Kigali found a one-bedroom house in Karwangabo Village, Kamuhoza Cell, that was being used to store narcotics, recovering 13 sacks of cannabis weighing about 450 kg on Sunday night and arresting three men.[1]
Those arrested were the storekeeper Ezekias Mvunabandi, the landlord Samuel Ahobantegeye, and motorcyclist Felix Kwizera, who was caught red-handed loading about 4,200 pellets of cannabis from the house for delivery to an unknown place.[1] Mvunabandi had been released from prison that January after serving a two-year term for similar offences.[1]
The store
The store allegedly belonged to Jeannette Uwamahoro, Mvunabandi’s sister, who was linked to other drug trafficking and was still in hiding; her husband, daughter and two brothers were already in prison over drug crimes in Nyarugenge.[1] Police also recovered weighing scales she was reportedly using to sell to customers and retailers.[1] The windowless house had its only window sealed, with a hole drilled in the wall so those inside could watch outside.[1]
