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Three Foreign Nationals Arrested While Attempting To Smuggle Heroin To India

2 years agoWed, 16 Nov 2022 07:14:17 GMT
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Three Foreign Nationals Arrested While Attempting To Smuggle Heroin To India

Zimbabwe arrested three foreign nationals between September and November while trying to smuggle heroin to India with a combined street value running into millions of dollars.

The government has attributed the arrests to vigilance and increased surveillance by the country’s security agents.

Vitalis Kudrjasovs (27) who had a Latvian passport, was arrested on September 8 at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare following a tip-off.

He was in possession of heroin which he intended to smuggle to India, according to the Chronicle.

Security details observed him as he went through check-in, immigration and customs formalities and he was arrested as he was about to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight en route to India.

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His luggage was put in a security scanner leading to the discovery of the suspicious package. A further search led to the recovery of heroin with a street value of ZW$ 6.96 million which was concealed in the lining of his bag.

Kudrjasovs has since appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on charges of dealing in dangerous drugs and was remanded in custody until Thursday 17 November for trial.

In another case, Shaik Zeenat Khatoon Rafiq (43) of Mumbai in India was arrested on October 1 by detectives at the Victoria Falls Airport for attempting to smuggle heroin with a street value of US$500 000.

She intended to board an Ethiopian Airline to Addis Ababa en route to India. Rafiq was found with heroin stuffed in the lining of her travelling bag at the airport’s scanning point.

During the same month, Ronald Florentius Paes (66) was arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport after he was found with heroin with a street value of  ZW $5.84 million which he intended to smuggle to India.

The police intercepted Paes after he had gone through all the check-in formalities. He was arrested when he was about to have his luggage loaded onto the plane.

The detectives took his bags to the scanners and it was discovered that they contained suspicious contents, which were tested and it was discovered that it was heroin. Paes had boarding passes to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia en route to India on Ethiopian Airlines.

It has been established that most drug traffickers come from West Africa, South America and the Middle East and use Zimbabwe as a transit route.

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10 Comments

mbanje dzine mari · 2 years ago
ve narcotics muri ana maininini chinhu chinonzi mbanje chinotora bhegi pataundi
Maparamuro · 2 years ago
Can detect heroin but not gold????????
duubai takaenda · 2 years ago
eheka Dubai takaenda
WILLIAM SONBOY CHINEMBIRI · 2 years ago
Zinbabwe has been known for good things, but it is now being used as a drug conduit from South America, West Africa and the Middle East. Most drug dealers travel on Ethiopian Airways flights via Zimbabwe. It also seems India as a country has a problem of drug dealers and takers. [ SUNGAI MA DRUG DEALERS ESE IMI MAPURISA ]. [ ASI PAMA HARMONISED ELECTIONS MUNA 2023 MUSAVHOTERE ZANU PF NOKUTI INOTONGA NEHUDZVANYIRI ICHITSIMBIRIRA VORUZHINJI ]. [ VHOTERAI CCC POLITICAL PARTY KUTI TIWANE SHANDUKO KWAYO NEHUTONGI HWEJEKERERE ]. Yours truly William Sonboy CHINEMBIRI [THE BUSH LAWYER4CCC].
Kopo · 2 years ago
When there is a problem surely there is a business, why cant we regularise this drug trafficking thing sezvetakaita mbanje & tax these smugglers, nyika yotoita mari
g · 2 years ago
it's just that main dialog you don't pay th scanmen at entry points u are sop stingy that's why u guys get caught when doping drugs u have to pay all th way to succeed u come and do sale buttons and shinda in town discuguising as an investor yet your real deal is drug molder top he'll Abdul Javelor Muhammed
ngoni bowa · 2 years ago
haunyepe zhet rakabhadhara pa mumbai
Salif Hadji · 2 years ago
Takuzoshandisa mushonga manje makunyanya kutibata....Voodu wll work.Apa nxt week ndandikuda kutobudawo nePacel yangu yeDiamond eish kwakutombomira futy
TTT · 2 years ago
Nditume, ndinoenda netsoka
Asalif · 2 years ago
Makutongoziva kuti maIndia obviously they smuggle drugs and minerals it was their passage before you knew anything they will soon use other routes but mostly they use Zimbabwe since our systems at airports don't fully function
Nzou Samanyanga · 2 years ago
Ma drug dealers anyanya

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