Tanzania launches crackdown on cannabis cultivation

DAR ES SALAAM, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's anti-narcotics authorities have launched a countrywide crackdown on cultivation of cannabis, a senior official said on Wednesday.

Gerald Kusaya, the commissioner general of the Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA), said 21 hectares of cannabis have been destroyed since the crackdown was launched on May 20.