Tanzania Fires Airport Officials over Drug Trafficking

{{Reports from Tanzania indicate that four officials suspected of aiding drug traffickers to smuggle 150Kgs of drugs through the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) had their contracts officially terminated yesterday.}}

They were immediately taken into custody at the airport police station for questioning over the trafficking of crystal methamphetamine by two Tanzanian women who were arrested in South Africa last month.

The women were arrested at the O R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, after authorities discovered 150kg of illicit drugs worth Sh7 billion in their luggage.

JNIA director Moses Malaki, confirmed to local media yesterday that the officials were given dismissal letters yesterday.

“We are also in the process of forming a team to investigate the matter. The officials will have to appear before the team for questioning,” Mr Malaki noted.

The team, which will probe drug trafficking through JNIA, will work for 14 days and will table its findings to law enforcement organs for action.

{NMG}