No safe haven for drug dealers, warns Tanzania’s enforcement authority

DCEA's Commisioner General, Aretas Lyimo speaks at the press conference to brief journalists on the ongoing operation to seized different narcitic drugs.PHOTO / HELLEN NACHILONGO    


Dar es Salaam. The Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) has issued a stern warning to drug traffickers who continue to devise new ways of smuggling narcotics into the country, stressing that no one will be spared regardless of their connections.

The warning follows major breakthroughs in the fight against narcotics, with large consignments seized, cannabis farms destroyed, and hundreds of suspects arrested between July and September 7, 2025.