Rwanda's Anti-Narcotics Unit seized 22 kg and 693 pellets of cannabis from a dealer's house in Mururu Sector, Rusizi, and arrested a 27-year-old man. The alleged dealer, said to ferry cannabis from DR Congo, escaped.
Rwanda National Police’s Anti-Narcotics Unit seized22 kilograms and 693 pellets of cannabis in Mururu Sector, Rusizi District, and arrested one man.[1]The drugs were recovered from the house of Damien Bangamwabo, 65, in Cyete Village, where officers also arrested Eric Niyonkuru, 27, who was present.[1]
Police said Bangamwabo regularly travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo to bring in large quantities of cannabis for local retailers and used the house as a store.[1]Bangamwabo escaped during the operation while Niyonkuru, who also tried to flee, was caught and handed to investigators in Kamembe with the exhibits.[1]
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