Tanzania cancels licences for ships seized with cocaine, explosives

Tanzanian vice president Samia Suluhu Hassan. She said the government has revoked licences for two ships it had permitted to fly the Tanzanian flag. PHOTO | NMG

Tanzania has cancelled licences given to two ships to fly its flag after the vessels were seized carrying illicit drugs and explosives.

Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Thursday that the ships, named Kaluba and Andromeda, had been registered by the Zanzibar Marine Authority.