Mogadishu’s police chief said his officers had seized over 400 kg of cannabis in the city over the previous two weeks and arrested about a dozen people on drug charges.[1] The seizures came out of special anti-crime operations launched a month earlier, with most of the cannabis found in Hamar Jajab and Hodan in south Mogadishu and Jaaqshiid in the north.[1]
Chief Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdid said drug abuse and trafficking had grown so rampant that he had set up a special task force to fight the menace.[1] He blamed much of the city’s crime on drug abuse, saying many rapes were directly related to it.[1]
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Qeybdid said those arrested would be brought to court soon.[1] He appealed to international aid agencies working in Somalia to help with training, drugs education and equipment, saying the police needed assistance to succeed.[1]