Tanzania is one of the world’s largest cannabis producers. “We have decided to put a stop to the cannabis culture,” Arumeru administrative secretary Timotheo Mzava said during Saturday’s operation. We are going to arrest all persons implicated and nationalise all vehicles found to be carrying even the smallest quantity of cannabis,” the minister vowed this week. Tanzania sits on a clutch of major east African drugs routes with Arusha a key cannabis-producing area. In 2010, total seizures of the plant totalled 279.5 tons, behind only Mexico and the United States.

Source: The Guardian February 11, 2018 09:11 UTC