Tanzania, June 7 -- Arusha. Businessman Taqabbal Mwasha has been acquitted after spending 2,465 days behind bars while facing allegations of trafficking narcotic drugs, specifically khat (miraa), from Ethiopia to the United Kingdom.

The period runs from September 5, 2019, when he was arrested by officers of the Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) in Dar es Salaam, to June 5, 2026, when the High Court's Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division cleared him of all charges.

Mr Mwasha, a resident of Sakina, Arusha, was arrested at the Tanzania Posts Corporation parcel section in Ilala District, Dar es Salaam, accused of trafficking 214.85 kilogrammes of narcotics (miraa) allegedly destined for the UK.

He consistently denied th...