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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambican authorities have dismantled a facility manufacturing methaqualone (\u2018mandrax\u2019) in Machava, on the outskirts of Maputo city, in one of the largest seizures recorded this year, an official source announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can register it as one of the best seizures [of the year], at least so far,\u201d said Ame\u0301lia Machava, director of the Asset Recovery Office, quoted yesterday by Televisa\u0303o de Moc\u0327ambique (TVM).<\/p>\n

The clandestine facility was uncovered in the course of actions carried out by this anti-corruption body.<\/p>\n

The amount of mandrax seized \u2013 in the form of small pills \u2013 is still being established, Machava said, while Mozambican and Chinese citizens allegedly involved in the activity were detained.<\/p>\n

According to the Mozambican authorities, the factory, where industrial machinery was found, had been operating for ten years as a commercial concern to conceal the manufacture of the drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people involved practised normal commercial activity as if they were common traders, while they were, in fact, camouflaging this other activity,\u201d Machava revealed.<\/p>\n

Among other items seized at the site by the Asset Recovery Office were 59 vehicles, heavy vehicles and high-powered vehicles included, 112 fridges, and 50 boxes containing shoes.<\/p>\n

International organisations place Mozambique on drug trafficking routes, mainly originating in Asia and crossing the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. 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