Mozambique police find 240 kg of suruma in seven suitcases at Save checkpoint
Police in Govuro district, Inhambane, detained a 38-year-old transporter and seized 240 kg of cannabis packed in seven suitcases at the Save checkpoint. The PRM said the load came from South Africa and was headed for Manica province.
🇲🇿 Save checkpoint, Vila Franca do Save, Govuro, Inhambane · Mozambique
Police in Mozambique’s Inhambane province detained a 38-year-old transporter and seized240 kg of cannabis, known locally as suruma, at the Save checkpoint in Govuro district.[1]The drug was packed in seven suitcases, each holding five large parcels.[1]
The spokesperson for the PRM command in Inhambane, Nércia Bata, said a tip-off led to a targeted inspection at the checkpoint.[1]The man told officers he had received the load in neighbouring South Africa and was taking it to Manica province, to be sold in the “Mina dos 6 Carros” area.[2]Miramar identified the destination as Mossurize district.[1]
Police described the seizure as the largest of suruma in Inhambane in recent years.[1]Notícias MZ put the weight at more than 250 kg.[2]The man was handed to the judicial authorities, and police said they were looking for others involved in the network.[2]
Mozambique's police detained five people in Tete after a dog unit found 21 kg of cannabis hidden in a long-distance truck from Maputo. The drug was packed in 33 parcels among beauty products and animal feed, and a sixth suspect fled.
Maputo police detained a man with 120 bundles of suruma weighing about 100 kg, brought from South Africa in a passenger vehicle and intercepted at the Junta Bus Terminal as he tried to dispatch the load to Tete. Terminal staff raised the alarm after the suspect left before completing shipment.
SERNIC seized about 200 kg of cannabis sativa, known as suruma, hidden in calamidade clothing bales in a minibus at the Mboza checkpoint in Moatize, Tete, bound for Angonia. The driver and conductor were detained, while SERNIC said the cannabis came from Eswatini and could have yielded almost six million meticais.
Sernic officers raided a house in Sampene, Quelimane on 18 March 2021 and seized 180 kg of cannabis alongside large amounts of heroin and morphine, detaining people including the Tanzanian tenant. Sernic said the drugs came from Tanzania and Quelimane was used as a reception and distribution point for onward movement to Maputo and South Africa.
