Container with guns and drugs seized at Maputo

A container in which an unspecified amount of guns and drugs was found has been seized by the Customs authorities in the port of Maputo, according to the daily O Pais.


The daily said that the police and Customs had been alerted to the contents of the container about a fortnight ago. They had allowed the container to be unloaded, and then waited, hoping that the owner would turn up to collect it, and could be caught red-handed.


However, either somebody tipped the owner off, or when he arrived at the port he noticed that the container was under surveillance. In any case, up until now nobody has claimed the container.


The use of Mozambique as a corridor for drug traffickers is a matter of concern for the authorities, and last year an investigation was launched into the affairs of one of the country's richest men, Mohamed Bachir Suleman, after US President Barack Obama named him as a drugs baron.
(Source:http://www.cargonewsasia.com)