The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
29 June 2009
Three people have died, two of them through road accidents, in Arusha and Manyara regions.
At the same time, a resident of Arumeru District of Arusha Region is in police custody after allegedly being found with 389 rolls of bhang.
Those who perished through accidents have been identified as Oringi Oramutu and Lazaro Cyprian, 37, who died in Monduli and Mbulu districts respectively.
Arusha acting regional police commander Deus Msimeni said the late Oramutu was hit by a speeding motor vehicle near Mto wa Mbu township.
He died on the spot during the accident which took place on Saturday at around 7p.m. at Baraka village along the Arusha-Ngorongoro road.
Police are still looking for the driver involved in the accident who disappeared immediately afterwards.
In order to curb accidents, several road bumps were recently put up on the tarmac road.
In Mbulu, Mr Cyprian was killed when he fell from a moving lorry at Tlawi village. He was among several people who had boarded it.
Acting Manyara regional police commander, SSP Josephat Mwingira, said the deceased was initially hit by a tree as the motor vehicle was moving.
He fell down and was crashed by the lorry with registration number T 628 AAM. It was travelling between Tlawi and Dongobesh villages.
Its driver, whose name was not known immediately, fled from the scene after the accident and police are searching for him.
In Arumeru, a resident of Ngurdoto identified as Meshaki Loyi, 25, was arrested after allegedly being found with 389 rolls of bhang and 20 litres of illicit liquor.
According to the acting RPC, police raided his premises after getting information from Good Samaritans about the thriving illicit business.
He said Mr Loyi would be taken to court to answer charges of possessing bhang and illicit liquor-popularly called gongo- after investigations are completed.
Elsewhere in Arusha municipality a person identified as Branson Mwendo, 45 , who lives at Majengo suburb, was found dead in a storm water drainage.
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