DCEA cracks down on drug trafficking, arrests dozens
Tanzania, April 5 -- Dar es Salaam. The Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) has arrested a 32-year-old Comorian national, Ahmed Bakar Abdou, for the illegal transportation of illicit drugs called Methylene Dioxy Provalerone (MDPV).
In a briefing yesterday, the DCEA also stated that a total of 72 suspects have been apprehended and brought before the court in connection with the aforementioned substance.
DCEA Commissioner General Aretas Lyimo said that MDPV is a newly emerging synthetic stimulant classified under cathinones, manufactured using corrosive (harmful) chemicals.
"This drug has a rapid onset and heightened intoxicating effects compared to other narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine," he said.
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