Tanzania: Govt Wants Drug Suspect Extradited to U.S

Dar es Salaam — The government has asked a Dar es Salaam court to order extradition to the United States suspected drug kingpin Ally Khatibu Haji, alias Shikuba, and two other suspects to face drug trafficking charges.

Last year, the US government declared Shikuba, 47, among the world's most notorious drug trafficker who smuggles multi-tonne shipments of heroin and cocaine to Africa, Asia, and North America via his East Africa-based drug trafficking organisation.

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