{{Police in Karongi District is holding a girl said to be part of the group of drug traffickers in the area.}}<\/p>\n
Amina Sinzabakwira, 22, a resident of Rubengera sector was apprehended by police on Saturday following a tip-off from area residents.<\/p>\n
She was found in possession of 12 kilogrammes of cannabis, at the time of her arrest. She is currently detained at Rubengera police station.<\/p>\n
Police said, Sinzabakwira will be charged with selling of substances considered as drugs, under article 594 of the penal code.<\/p>\n
It stipulates that any person, who unlawfully, makes, transforms, imports, or sells narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances within the country, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of three to five years and a fine of five hundred thousand to five million.<\/p>\n
Police in the area said they had information on Sinzabakwira\u2019s illegal acts, and other people.<\/p>\n
It said they are now searching for other people, who are on the list.<\/p>\n
Fighting and preventing drug abuse is among the Rwanda National Police priorities, and the campaign against the vice has yielded positive results in the recent past as a number of dealers have been arrested and drugs seized and destroyed.<\/p>\n
source: RNP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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