The Rwanda National Police, through Interpol-Rwanda conducted a two-day operation codenamed 'Usalama 1', targeting cross-border crimes. Usalama, which means 'safety' in Swahili, is an Interpol supported operation conducted in the Eastern and Southern Africa and was completed in Rwanda this week.
It targeted a range of transnational crimes such as human and drug trafficking, wild life crimes, copper cables, smuggling of minerals and trafficking of small arms and light weapons. During the two-day operation which started on Thursday, Police intercepted 20 kilogrammes of tin in Eastern Province's Gatsibo District which was being smuggled into the country.
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