DAR ES SALAAM, March 5 -- THE Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) has seized 9.93 tonnes of assorted illicit drugs, confiscated 1,795 bottles of narcotic-based medicinal drugs and destroyed 87.5 acres of cannabis farms in a series of coordinated operations conducted across the country.

Speaking at a press conference yesterday in Dar es Salaam, DCEA Commissioner General Aretas Lyimo said that during the crackdown, the authority also impounded six motor vehicles and 29 motorcycles, while arresting 151 suspects allegedly linked to the illegal trade.

Mr Lyimo said in a joint operation with customs officers at the Mutukula border post, DCEA intercepted a large consignment of narcotic-based medicinal drugs.

The seizure included 105...