60-year-old held over 300-plant suruma plot in Manica
Police in Manica detained a 60-year-old maize farmer who allegedly kept a plantation of more than 300 suruma plants. Police said a case file has been opened and inquiries continue to find other group members and suppliers.
Mozambique’s Republic Police (PRM) in Manica detained a maize farmer who
allegedly kept a cannabis plantation.[1]The suspect is a 60-year-old man
accused of producing, consuming and selling drugs in the province.[1]Provincial police spokesman Mateus Mindo said officers acted after learning of
the facts and detained the suspect.[1]Police said the case file has already
been drawn up and will follow its legal course.[1]
The alleged plantation held more than 300 cannabis sativa plants, known locally
as suruma.[1]Suruma is the local name used in the report for cannabis sativa.[1]Police described this as the second case of its kind in Manica that month.[1]
Earlier that month, provincial police had intercepted a vehicle transporting
more than a tonne of cannabis sativa.[1]Police said the detained man does not
act alone and has suppliers who must also be identified.[1]Police said work
continues to identify other members of the group and its suppliers in order to
hold them responsible and combat such cases in the province.[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.