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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nHe said persons that were involved in drug trafficking were taken to court, convicted and paid a fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Minister Internal Affairs needs to urgently fast track the appointment of the committee known as National co-ordination committee for drug control as provided for in section 67 and 68 of the narcotic drug and psychotropic substances,\u201d he said<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zarugaba, said these traffickers keep on changing the tactics each day given that there is tight security at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTraffickers keeping on changing the tactics every day after realizing that Entebbe is becoming risky area to use as a result they are looking for a new route,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He cited some of the routes used by these cartels including use of Lake Victoria especially the Port Bell route of containers and use of land borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police have destroyed 69.07 kilograms of narcotic drug exhibits worth approximately Shs1.7billion at the police barracks in Nsambya. The burning comes at a time when the country is grappling with a rise in Ugandans engaging in the transportation of narcotics across the border. The acting commissioner Anti-Narcotics, Zarugaba Tinka, who presided over the exercise said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":20543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[2046,31,5495],"class_list":["post-20542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-drugs-in-uganda","tag-featured","tag-narcotics"],"yoast_head":"\n