The police has destroyed narcotic drugs weighing 56.63206 kgs. The drugs included Heroin 42.77365, Cocaine 6.60109 kgs , Methamphetamine 7.25732kgs.
According to Baguma Juliet , Head of criminal investigation at aviation police, the intercepted drug traffickers who are Ugandans were taking the drugs to different countries.
These included Brazil, India, Australia, Qatar, Riyadhi in Saudi Arabia, Sharjah in India among others.
However she commended the support of Aviation Police CID in execution of curbing the drugs.
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At the destruction event which happened at Nsambya police clinic this month November 10, Baguma said the execution was a result of concluded cases from 2020 todate .
Some challenges were also highlighted in execution of these investigations including inadequate training in investigations of narcotic drugs, limited financial facilitations and security checks gaps at the airport .
The narcotic drugs are illegal because their consumption leads to addictions and offence .