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The Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) has arrested three suspected drug dealers in Nyabihu District with about 3,000 pellets of cannabis. They were arrested in separate ANU operations conducted on Monday and Tuesday in Jomba and Makinga sectors.

Those arrested include one Donathile Bayagambe, 40, a suspected major supplier of cannabis in Nyabihu and surrounding districts, who is also the alleged rightful owner of the 3,000 seized pellets as well as her two employees; Patrick Nizeyimana, 34, and Didier Bizimana, 31, who were delivering the narcotics to retailers.

Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Mucyo Rukundo, the Western Region Political and Civic Education Officer (RPCEO), said that ANU first arrested Bayagambe’s two employees on Monday, September 5, at about 3:30pm, in Rwandarugari Village, Gasura Cell, Jomba Sector with a sack containing the 3,000 pellets of cannabis.

“Following the arrest of Nizeyimana and Bizimana, who were reported by the residents; they disclosed that they work for Bayagambe, who had given them the narcotics to supply her retailing clients.

Bayagambe was also located and arrested on Tuesday, September 6, in Kivuruga Village, Mwiyanike Cell, Mulinga Sector,” CIP Rukundo said.

The suspects are currently under RIB at Jomba station for further investigations.

“Nyabihu district is one of the transit routes for drug dealers, but the role of the public in identifying these routes and dealers through information sharing continues to yield positive results in breaking chains of supply,” CIP Rukundo said.

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Christophe UWIZEYIMANA

Christophe Uwizeyimana is a Rwandan Health, Science, Agriculture and Environmental Journalist with over 10 years of experience in public-interest reporting. He is a reporter and editor at Radio Salus and Chief Editor of The Forefront Magazine. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Rwanda and is currently pursuing an International Master of Public Administration (IMPA) at Tsinghua University, China. He has also received professional training from FOJO Media Institute, University of Rwanda, and Aga Khan University, Kenya. He is an OFAB-Rwanda journalist fellow, specializing in agricultural biotechnology reporting. Awards Received: • Best Radio Journalist in Rwanda, NTDs/WASH Media Awards — 2024 • Best Statistics Reporter (Radio), Rwanda Data Journalism Awards — 2024 • Best Environmental Journalist in Southern Rwanda — 2024 • Health Reporting Winner, Rwanda Development Journalism Awards — 2023 • Health Award, ABASIRWA — 2023 • Overall Winner, Rwanda, OFAB Media Awards — 2023 • 2nd Place, Africa (Radio), OFAB Africa Media Awards — 2023 • Best Environmental Journalist in Southern Rwanda — 2022 • Anti-Corruption Journalism Award, Office of the Ombudsman — 2022 • Journalist of the Year, Radio Salus — 2018. He is a member of the InfoNile Journalists and Scientists' Coalition and the Rwanda Environmental Journalists' Organization, with a strong focus on evidence-based reporting on health, science, agriculture, environment and climate change.
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By Christophe UWIZEYIMANA

Christophe Uwizeyimana is a Rwandan Health, Science, Agriculture and Environmental Journalist with over 10 years of experience in public-interest reporting. He is a reporter and editor at Radio Salus and Chief Editor of The Forefront Magazine. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Rwanda and is currently pursuing an International Master of Public Administration (IMPA) at Tsinghua University, China. He has also received professional training from FOJO Media Institute, University of Rwanda, and Aga Khan University, Kenya. He is an OFAB-Rwanda journalist fellow, specializing in agricultural biotechnology reporting. Awards Received: • Best Radio Journalist in Rwanda, NTDs/WASH Media Awards — 2024 • Best Statistics Reporter (Radio), Rwanda Data Journalism Awards — 2024 • Best Environmental Journalist in Southern Rwanda — 2024 • Health Reporting Winner, Rwanda Development Journalism Awards — 2023 • Health Award, ABASIRWA — 2023 • Overall Winner, Rwanda, OFAB Media Awards — 2023 • 2nd Place, Africa (Radio), OFAB Africa Media Awards — 2023 • Best Environmental Journalist in Southern Rwanda — 2022 • Anti-Corruption Journalism Award, Office of the Ombudsman — 2022 • Journalist of the Year, Radio Salus — 2018. He is a member of the InfoNile Journalists and Scientists' Coalition and the Rwanda Environmental Journalists' Organization, with a strong focus on evidence-based reporting on health, science, agriculture, environment and climate change.

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