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Mexico captures drug lord El Chapo’s son Ovidio Guzman

Mexico city, Mexico | Xinhua | Mexican armed forces on Thursday arrested Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in Sinaloa state, officials and local media reported. The special forces operation was carried out in the town of Culiacan amid clashes, road blocks and vehicles …

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Former Honduran president extradited to U.S. on drug charges

Tegucigalpa, Honduras | Xinhua | Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited Thursday to the United States, where he will face charges of drug trafficking. Hernandez was transferred by helicopter from the Los Cobras police headquarters on the outskirts of the Honduran capital to the Hernan Acosta Mejia airbase in …

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Police destroy narcotics worth UGX 778Million

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have destroyed 145.22kilograms of narcotics worth Shillings 778million. The drugs were destroyed at the Police Drugs Destruction center in Nsambya barracks on Wednesday evening in the presence of the Entebbe Chief Magistrate Juliet Nakitende. The drugs were seized at Entebbe International Airport between 2020 …

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Woman arrested with 90 heroin pellets at Entebbe Airport

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Narcotic Police Unit at Entebbe International Airport is holding a 29-year-old woman on charges of drug trafficking from Uganda to India. Charles Twine, the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID spokesperson has identified the suspect as Carol Birungi, who was found with 90 pellets of heroin drugs, …

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Tanzanian president urges intensified fight against organized crime

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday urged police to beef up the fight against organized crime, including terrorism, human and drug trafficking. “There is a tidal wave of cross-border organized crime that needs to be seriously addressed before the situation gets out of …

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Foreign Affairs says ‘list of 23’ not on death-row in China

Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed as false a story reportedly circulating on social media of 23 Ugandan prisoners said to be on death row over drug trafficking offences. According to a statement released Monday, the ministry said the list of 23 is actually of those who were previously …

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