DCEA destroys 603 acres of cannabis farms in Mvomero
Tanzania's Drug Control and Enforcement Authority reported destroying 603 acres of cannabis farms in four Mvomero district villages, seizing 49 bags of processed cannabis and arresting 13 suspects. Authorities also dismantled 21 temporary camps used by growers.
The Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) reported destroying 603 acres of cannabis
farms in Mvomero district, Morogoro region, and seizing 49 bags of processed cannabis.[1][2]The 603 acres equal about 244 hectares.[1][2]Both reports place the farms in four villages:
Misengele, Lugenge, Kisaki and Nyarutanga.[1][2]
The operation also led to the arrest of 13 suspects and the dismantling of 21 temporary camps
used by growers to manage the remote farmland.[1][2]Tanzania Insight attributes the
announcement to DCEA Commissioner General Aretas Lyimo, who described the action as part of an
ongoing effort to combat drug production.[2]The Guardian and Tanzania Insight published
their accounts on 18 and 17 August respectively, but neither gives the date when officers
entered the farms.[1][2]
The sources do not count the plants destroyed or give the weight of the crops or the 49 bags.[1][2]They also do not name the 13 suspects or report what happened to them after arrest.[1][2]
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