US equips Togo with Anti-Drug and Narcotic Equipment

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Wednesday, 18 July 2018 17:32
US equips Togo with Anti-Drug and Narcotic Equipment

(Togo First) - Togolese Ministry of Security and Civil Protection received July 16 a batch of anti-drug equipment provided by the US, Togo First learned.

This donation, estimated at CFA300 million, is to help the country fight more effectively drug and narcotics trade. It includes a number of microscopes, an autoclave, a scale and other accessories for police laboratory.

“It (ed: the grant) will make it possible to detect in a short time the harmful substances which arrive from other countries at the airport, to carry out toxicology tests, and distinguish pharmacy drugs from those illicitly sold on the market,” Commander Comi Djobo, head of the anti-drug department, said in the presence of the US ambassador David Gilmour.

Fiacre E. Kakpo

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