{"id":56342,"date":"2023-09-30T11:30:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T11:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/drugs-worth-over-shs100m-seized-in-kampala"},"modified":"2023-09-30T13:03:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T13:03:21","slug":"drugs-worth-over-shs100m-seized-in-kampala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/drugs-worth-over-shs100m-seized-in-kampala","title":{"rendered":"Drugs worth over Shs100m seized in Kampala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The National Drug Authority (NDA) has seized drugs worth over shs100m from illegal drug outlets in the Kampala metropolitan, authorities said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>NDA head of enforcement Samuel Kyomukama told journalists that they have impounded over 303 boxes of drugs corresponding to the amount above.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday (September 29, 2023) NDA has concluded a compliance enforcement operation targeting illegal drug outlets in Kampala extra region, covering four divisions of Kawempe, Nakawa, Makindye and Rubaga,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the operation, a total of 144 outlets that were operating without licenses or with unqualified personnel were closed, and 303 boxes of assorted medicine impounded,\u201d Kyomukama revealed during a press briefing at NDA extension offices in Nakawa.<\/p>\n<p>The crackdown comes during a season in which NDA, working with Uganda Police, carried out a similar operation in mid-western Uganda districts of Ntoroko and Kyenjojo- where 7 suspects were arrested in connection with illegal possession and sale of government drugs.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson Luke Owesingyire declared that the Force will continue providing all the enforcement needed to boost the ongoing NDA operations in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur job as the police is to work hand in hand with the enforcement of NDA. The investigative part is also done in liaison with them. We want to assure the public that our commitment to working with NDA is still on and whoever is engaging in activities that are illegal, we are willing to give a hand to NDA to ensure they are charged in courts of law,\u201d Owesingyrie warned.<\/p>\n<p>The operation is in line with NDA\u2019s Mmandate to protect and promote public health through effective regulation of human and animal medicine, and healthcare products.<\/p>\n<p>Drugs worth hundreds of million shillings are seized annually in illegal medicinal outlets across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. The National Drug Authority (NDA) has seized drugs worth over shs100m from illegal drug outlets in the Kampala metropolitan, authorities said on Friday. NDA head of enforcement Samuel Kyomukama told journalists that they have impounded over 303 boxes of drugs corresponding to the amount above. \u201cToday (September 29, 2023) NDA has concluded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-56342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drugs worth over Shs100m seized in Kampala - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Drug Authority (NDA) has seized drugs worth over shs100m from illegal drug outlets in the Kampala metropoli ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/drugs-worth-over-shs100m-seized-in-kampala\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drugs worth over Shs100m seized in Kampala\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Drug Authority (NDA) has seized drugs worth over shs100m from illegal drug outlets in the Kampala metropoli ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/drugs-worth-over-shs100m-seized-in-kampala\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-30T11:30:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-30T13:03:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/09\/sm_1696062631.985318.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"482\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/drugs-worth-over-shs100m-seized-in-kampala#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/drugs-worth-over-shs100m-seized-in-kampala\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Drugs worth over Shs100m seized in Kampala\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-30T11:30:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-30T13:03:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/drugs-worth-over-shs100m-seized-in-kampala\"},\"wordCount\":310,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/drugs-worth-over-shs100m-seized-in-kampala#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/09\/sm_1696062631.985318.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/drugs-worth-over-shs100m-seized-in-kampala#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/drugs-worth-over-shs100m-seized-in-kampala\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/drugs-worth-over-shs100m-seized-in-kampala\",\"name\":\"Drugs worth over Shs100m seized in Kampala - 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