Tanzania, May 21 -- Mtwara. The High Court of Tanzania in Mtwara Sub-Registry has sentenced an Iranian national, Mr Jan Mohamed Miran (51), to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of trafficking narcotics weighing 859.26 kilogrammes seized in the Indian Ocean.

The judgment was delivered on Thursday, May 21, 2026, by the High Court Principal Judge, Sylvester Kainda, who said evidence presented in court proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused was part of a drug trafficking network.

According to the charges, Mr Miran and his six co-accused, all Iranian nationals, were arrested in Tanzania's exclusive economic zone in Kilwa District, Lindi Region, aboard a dhow carrying 504.36 kilogrammes of heroin and 355 kilogrammes of meth...