Intelligence Operation Intercepts Nighttime Timber Smuggling from Mocímboa da Praia to Tanzania

- Timber smuggling is considered one of the sources of terrorist financing in Cabo Delgado

- The operation was led by the National Criminal Intelligence Service (SERNIC) and involved the collaboration of other units within the intelligence community

By MOZTIMES

Pemba (MOZTIMES) – An ultra-secret operation led by the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) thwarted the smuggling of large quantities of timber from the northern Mozambican town of Mocímboa da Praia to Tanzania on Wednesday night this week.

At the scene, the leader of the smugglers was arrested and two vessels loaded with hundreds of timber planks were seized in the coastal neighbourhood of Milamba, which is regarded as the place of origin of the main insurgent leaders.

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