The group was arrested separately in operations conducted Tuesday in Gasabo, Rubavu and Nyanza districts.<\/p>\n
The suspects are identified as Abdoul Karim Kalisa, 47, nicknamed Thierry, Phonique Uwimbabazi, 30, and Vital Twagirayezu, 32. Another member of the ring escaped the arrest, Police said.<\/p>\n
Police said the targeted operations were conducted simultaneously in the three districts as a response to information from local residents on the suspects and their location.<\/p>\n
Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Sylvestre Twajamahoro, the Police spokesperson for the Southern region, said that Police had vital information about Vital Twagirayezu\u2019s criminal dealings\u2026 trafficking drugs from DR. Congo.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwagirayezu is suspected to be one of the suppliers in Rubavu and Nyanza,\u201d CIP Twajamahoro said, adding: \u201cHe was arrested in Nyanza District, Busasamana Sector, Kavumu Cell in Mugandamure A Village, where he was supplying cannabis. He was caught with 500 pellets, which he was yet to supply,\u201d CIP Twajamahoro said.<\/p>\n
CIP Emmanuel Kayigi, the Police spokesperson for the Western region, said that Phonique Uwimbabazi was intercepted in Rubavu as she crossed into Rwanda from DR Congo through a porous border with 1010 pellets of cannabis.<\/p>\n
\u201cUwimbabazi was with another person who had 10kgs of cannabis, which were abandoned as the suspect escaped back to DRC,\u201d Kayigi added.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Kalisa was arrested with 466 pellets of cannabis, which he was at the time selling in Kanyinya Village, Ruhango Cell in Gisozi Sector of Gasabo District.<\/p>\n
Police said that \u201cthese are strengthened and coordinated operations by the Anti-Narcotics Unit and District Police Units, which responds to credible information from Rwandans.<\/p>\n
The ideology of community policing is playing a significant role in breaking chains of supply by targeting identified major dealers, knowing the tricks and routes they use in an attempt to beat security.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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