The haul, which in Europe would have a street value of up to 10 million euros, is the latest in a string of major seizures of the narcotic -- which is mostly produced in Afghanistan -- off of Tanzania amid fears that east Africa could be emerging as a key narcotics transit point.Yesterday on a dhow that was sailing from the island of Zanzibar to the commercial capital Dar es Salaam," Tanzanian police spokesman Godfrey Nzowa told AFP.
At least four large hauls of heroin -- amounting to 1.5 tonnes in all -- have been made in Tanzanian waters in the past year by a Canadian warship that patrols there, according to Canadian media.
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