Those arrested include one Rusungu Maula, 30, a driver of the truck, in which they were trafficking the narcotics.<\/p>\n
Other two, who were also aboard the same truck, which was transporting bags of cement, are Bonaventure Niyonkuru, 27, and Zebron Ntegerejimana, 20.<\/p>\n
The Western Region Political and Civic Education Officer (RPCEO), Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Mucyo Rukundo, said that the trio had covered the narcotics with bags of cement.<\/p>\n
“They had concealed 22.7kgs of cannabis in a bag of cement and covered with other bags of cement. Good enough, Police had prior information and a checkpoint was mounted in Birogo along Rusizi-Nyamasheke highway where the vehicle was intercepted and the three people taken into custody. <\/p>\n
Police also recovered another bag expected to be of cement, stashed with second-hand clothes,” CIP Rukundo said.<\/p>\n
Ntegerejimana allegedly hired Rusungu and his co-driver Niyonkuru to smuggle the narcotics and second-hand clothes from Kamurehe Cell of Gashonga Sector.<\/p>\n
They have been handed over to RIB at Kamembe station for further investigations.<\/p>\n
“Drug traffickers are arrested almost everyday, and that should be a strong warning that if you are still engaged in these high impact crimes, you will also be arrested to face the law,” CIP Rukundo warned.<\/p>\n
He hailed the impact of community policing in identifying and reporting drug dealers in communities, their syndicates, routes and tricks used by drug dealers and other prohibited goods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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