Tanzania, April 22 -- Unguja. The Zanzibar Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (ZDCE) has announced the confiscation of drug trafficking suspects' assets valued at Sh15.3 billion, declaring them government property.

The decision follows a special operation conducted in January this year which resulted in the seizure of over 100 kilograms of Methamphetamine, hashish and marijuana.

Speaking here on Monday, April 22, 2024, the ZDCE Commissioner General Colonel Burhani Zuberi Nassoro said the drugs were smuggled into the country by Salehe Khamis Basleman and Gawar Bachi Fakir, both residents of Chukwani in Mjini Magharibi Region.

The suspects are alleged to be involved in illegal drug trafficking across Zanzibar, mainland Tanzania, Afri...