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He says Postmortem results from Mulago Hospital show that the deceased had 41 suspected cocaine pellets in his stomach, which could have led to his death.

Another Local leader who preferred anonymity for fear of reprisal says that he was attacked by some goons when he asked Police to arrest drug dealers in the area.

Fred Enanga, the Uganda Police spokesman says the suspect had concealed the cocaine in two sealed polythene bags with intention of sending it to his contacts in Nigeria.

Lovini Wanjiku Ngoroge (45,) a Kenyan national was on Friday arrested by the Rwandan Police after she was allegedly found with 2.5 kilograms of Cocaine. The drugs in question are worth 8 million Rwandan Francs

Drug trafficking is a crime according to international law, and the laws in china and our laws are more swift,” the ambassador said. He added that Chinese laws needed to be respected as a sovereign state.

The minister explained that with a reciprocal agreement, prisoners would serve terms they are adjudicated in foreign countries. He observes that there is need for other countries to gain confidence in Uganda’s legal mechanism. He said with the new law, the Chinese would be confident that prisoners will not be released when they are surrendered to Ugandan authorities.

On why Uganda could not intervene to save Ugandans sentenced to death in a foreign country, Justice minister Otafiire said, “We have nothing to do about China as far as implementing their laws is concerned, the best you can do is not to take drugs.”

Police at Butenga in Bukomansimbi district has arrested 8 people for alleged abuse of drugs and destroyed several gardens of marijuana.

Police in Luweero frankly admit the fight against illegal drugs, marijuana in particular, is being lost.

The 2011 PAM Awards winner was picked up with two kilograms of MDMA drug on Thursday last week and locked up at Chiba prefecture police station in Japan.

Police in Kabale have set on fire Marijuana valued at 1.2 billion shillings. The bonfire is part of the force efforts to combat a growing drug trade in the area that has seen some communities abandon food crop farming for cultivation of drugs.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa has warned against unscrupulous people scamming unsuspecting Ugandans with relatives serving prison sentences in China.

Police in Kyotera, Rakai district, are holding a 30 year-old mother of one for illegal possession and selling of marijuana.

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested and detained a Ugandan for allegedly smuggling narcotic drugs into the country. Jim Leti, 22, a resident of Ngandi village, Logiri Sub-County in Arua district, was arrested with 5kilograms of opium at Azanga trading centre in DR Congo.

At least 11 people are in custody at Kabale Central Police Station on allegations of drug trafficking. The suspects who were arrested on Thursday night include five Rwandan nationals and six Ugandans.