A high profile suspected terrorist who is in the UK
wanted list has been arrested by police in Kyela district, Mbeya region with
two different passports. Briefing reporters yesterday in Dar es Salaam,
Director of Criminal Investigation( DCI)
Robert Manumba said the suspect
bearing two different names and passports was in an attempt to cross the
Tanzania boarder to the southern countries. He said the suspect was using the
Tanzanian passport number AB.651926 with
the name Adil Ally Patel and that
of UK with NO.51555382 with the name Iqbal Hassan Ally. DCI Manumba explained
that the Tanzanian passport was among the 26 documents stolen from the Immigration
Department almost a year ago. He said that, the suspected terrorists was aided
by a Tanzanian citizen whom he couldn’t mention and after inspecting his laptop
was found to have some religious teachings full of sedition. He further noted
that, another Tanzanian whom he didn’t want to mention his name has also been
arrested on suspicion to collaborate with a UK suspected terrorist. He said and
clarified that, he was found with a laptop which has been installed with
religious teachings with religious seditious statements which seems to be
different from his belief. However he noted that, when he was arrested he
claimed to be a student studying in one of the Universities in Sudan. In view
of this, DCI Manumnba has cautioned Tanzanians and parents to be careful with
their children who are taken abroad for studies on scholarship basis as some of
them are lured into other activities which are in one way linked with terrorist
acts. According to DCI Manumba, the police are optimistic with the facts that
there are some terrorist groups in the country which are in secret mission to
perform their mischief. In view of this, he has asked Tanzanians to be careful
as at this moment when the police is doing its work of investigations, he added
that the situation is not good in the country. However, he has reiterated the need of the
police in the country saying that, it is going on with the investigations of
the recent grenade bombings which occurred at Olasiti in May and at Soweto
village in Arusha city last month at Chadema meeting.
He has assured Tanzanians
that, once investigations are complete, the suspect will be brought in the
hands of law and charged with criminal offence. “This a tedious work for the police force in the
country which needs closer cooperation with the outside security sources in
order to succeed” he said adding that they are still gathering information that
would lead the police to accomplish the task. However, he noted that,
information given by good citizens would help the police complete its
investigations on time and have the culprits taken to court. He has expressed
doubts of the increased insecurity in some parts of the country whereby he
noted that, there are some Tanzanians who are used by law breakers to make
mischief. “This is bad character” he queried and asked Tanzanians not to be
attempted in any way to spoil the existing peace and harmony the country has
been enjoying since independences time. Meanwhile, DCI Manumba has stated that,
police in Dar es Salaam haws impounded 347 ivory tasks in Kimara area which are
believed to have been poached from national parks in the country. However, he
couldn’t mention the suspects nor the truck and container on which the
consignments were loaded, but said that, the police are investigating the
matter and would issue the report to the general public later. Apart from the
impounded ivory tasks in Kimara, olther ivory consignments have been impounded
in Mzuzu town in Malawi which is believed to have been smuggled from Tanzania. He
further noted that, the consignments had duments which showed that were the
cement products from Mbeya based cement factory. He said that, the police in
the country is currently working closely in collaboration with the
International Police (INTERPOL) to establish the truth of the matter, and once
the investigations are complete, the suspects would face legal actions. Following
these incidences, DCI Manumba has cautioned Tanzanians to be careful as the
country has been turned to be an international crime zone adding that however
sees anything unusual should report the matter to the security organs with
immediate effects. Elephants are increasingly endangered by a growing human
incursion into their habitats. Poaching has drastically exacerbated the plight
of the African elephant in particular. The
statistics shows that every day 30 elephants are slaughtered by illegal
poaching. Poaching activities has caused Tanzania to lose 30 elephants every day and about 600 elephants are
indiscriminately killed in the national parks per month. “Elephant poaching is very serious and
needs a lot of resources to scale down the magnitude of the problem” deputy
minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Lazaro Nyalandu said last week in
Dar es Salaam US President visit and added that, the US government has
committed to help minimize the escalating habit.
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