36 kg of zamal seized at Moroni port and burned at the court
The port surveillance brigade seized more than 36 kg of zamal, the Comorian word for cannabis, at the port of Moroni, and it was burned at the Moroni court in December 2011. Brigade chief Youssouf Soilih Msouri said the two parcels had landed from Dar es Salaam in September, addressed to a named recipient.
🇰🇲 Port of Moroni, Moroni, Grande Comore · Comoros
More than 36 kg of zamal, the local word for cannabis, was seized at the port of
Moroni and burned at the Moroni court.[1]Ivory anti-drug sources confirmed
the seizure on Friday and said the cannabis was burned at the Moroni court on
Saturday.[2]
Brigade chief Youssouf Soilih Msouri said the two parcels had landed at Moroni
port on 19 September.[1]The shipment came from Dar es Salaam and was to be
delivered to a man named Chamsoudine Allaoui, according to the same source.[1]The parcels were opened in the presence of the chief clerk of the Moroni
prosecutor’s office, Me Chifaenti Maka.[1]
The report says tightening of drug controls on major trafficking routes has
turned the Comoros archipelago into a transit hub toward Europe, Mauritius and
Réunion.[1]
HabarizaComores republished the same account on the same day.[2]
Photos and video
Photo published with the 12 December 2011 reprint of the Albalad report on the 36 kg of zamal seized at Moroni port.Photo details
The sources reproduce Albalad's account; no independent or official version of the seizure was found.
The report gives 9 December as the seizure date and says the cannabis was burned the next day, but it was published on 12 December and does not state the year in its own text.
No figure for the value of the 36 kg was published.
The sources do not say whether the recipient, Chamsoudine Allaoui, was arrested, charged or tried.
Whether the suspected consignee was the person later arrested is not established; the reports mention no arrest.
The photo published with the reprint carries no caption identifying it as this seizure, so it is recorded as a media link only.
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