A SENIOR official of the Drugs Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) gave evidence before the High Court's Corruption and Economic Crime Division when giving evidence in the narcotic drugs trial of suspected drug baron Mohamed Hariri and his wife Muna Said.
Before Judge Emaculata Banzi, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Neema Mwakagenda, explained how she received an envelope allegedly containing suspected drugs from a police officer before sealing it and storing in a safe place and was subsequently used in court as an exhibit.
The senior police officer was testifying in a trial as a prosecution witness, under which prominent businessman Hariri and his wife are charged with trafficking 214 grams of heroin, which are narcotic drugs, an offence allegedly committed on March 2, 2018, in Mtitu area in Kinondoni District in Dar es Salaam.
In her evidence in chief, SSP Neema told the court that on March 3, 2018 at the DCEA offices in Dar es Salaam, she received a parcel containing the suspected drugs from Inspector Hassan Msangi to store it.
"On March 27, 2018, I received the report of the Chief Government Chemist from Constable Lazaro Muhegele and on June 8, 2020, I released the exhibit after receiving a summons as a witness in this case and after arriving in court I submitted it to the prosecution, " she said.
