Large quantity of drugs destroyed in eastern Sudan

22/03/2015 10:18

Authorities in Saloum, in the eastern Sudanese Red Sea state, on Thursday burned a record quantity of drugs seized in Port Sudan.
The 47 sacks of narcotic pills, worth about SDG 354 million ($58,730,800), were intercepted by customs at the main Sudanese harbour in April last year. The container had been shipped from Lebanon.

Authorities in Saloum, in the eastern Sudanese Red Sea state, on Thursday burned a record quantity of drugs seized in Port Sudan.

The 47 sacks of narcotic pills, worth about SDG 354 million ($58,730,800), were intercepted by customs at the main Sudanese harbour in April last year. The container had been shipped from Lebanon.