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Eight in Mpanda court over theft of tobacco  

Jump to full article: Tanzania Standard Newspapers (tz), 2008-07-28

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Eight suspects, all residents of Mpanda Township, were arraigned before a Mpanda District Resident Magistrate in Rukwa Region on Friday charged with breaking into a warehouse and stealing 244 bales of tobacco worth more than 19m/-.

The tobacco was property of the Association of Tanzania Tobacco Traders (ATTT). Before Resident Magistrate Richard Kasele the accused denied the charges and were remanded until August 14, this year, when the court will rule on their bail applications. The eight accused persons were Hamza Feruzi (30); Edgar Anthony (24); Abuu Juma (27) and Ramadhan Hamisi (21).

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