Association for the Protection of the Environment and Consumers
Rs 105 million: This is the estimated market value of 7 kg of heroin seized last Friday at the airport of Plaisance. The drugs were concealed in the suitcases of two Kazakhstan nationals. This operation conducted jointly by the anti-drug brigade and customs deparment also allowed the arrest of two Mauritians in a controlled delivery operation.
At a Divali celebration on Sunday, at Melrose, Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth spoke of violence against women.
“Some men think that women are objects. Some people always behave badly towards women. Some still use violence against women. This is unacceptable”, he said, before calling upon women to “unite to fight this kind of behavior”.
According to him, it is not only men’s awareness, but “women also have a great responsibility to denounce and take action.”