CID to verify claims linking public officials to drug trade

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Assistant Commissioner of Police for Crime Mesake Waqa. Picture: ELIKI NUKUTABU/FT FILE

A team from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) will extract and verify information revealed by a former police officer in a social media video.

Allegations have been made on the involvement of public officials in the illicit drug trade.

Assistant Commissioner of Police – Crime, Mesake Waqa, said the next course of action will be determined once the verification process is completed.

He also confirmed that even before the release of the videos, police had already been working to establish connections to those involved in the drug trade, in line with the Commissioner of Police’s directive to disrupt individuals and groups operating in this space.