Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Soroti Grade One Magistrates Court has remanded three students of Halcyon High School for allegedly smoking opium and attempted arson. The students are Moses Esayu, 18, Emmanuel Kenyi, 19, and Emmanuel Echodu, 18. They were arrested on February 24 after a fire gutted a …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua are hunting for an unidentified man who abandoned 20 bags of opium estimated at UGX 20 Million in a tricycle. The man reportedly abandoned the tricycle after spotting a police patrol vehicle along the Arua-Logiri road. The tricycle registration number UFH 240U …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested 83 people in Mukono in an operation targeting people involved in the sale and consumption banned substances. The operation covered the areas of Kitega, Benghazi-Wantoni and Nasuuti among others. The operation that was commanded by Ismail Kifudde, the officer in charge of …
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Kabul, Afghanistan | AFP | Afghanistan saw a 10 percent jump in opium cultivation this year, highlighting bumper harvests owing to collapsing eradication efforts amid growing insecurity and declining international counter-narcotics assistance, the UN said Sunday. Cultivation dropped last year due to drought conditions but it has been on …
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