Guinea-Bissau's justice minister has said she has received death threats over the arrest of five people suspected of drugs trafficking.Carmelita Pires said she was scared but the government would not be intimidated and would continue investigations.
Her comments came two days after Guinea-Bissau's attorney general also said he had received death threats.The arrests were made after at least one plane thought to have arrived from South America was seized last month.uthorities arrested three Venezuelans as well as the head of air traffic control at the airport and his deputy.Antonio Mazzitelli, West Africa director of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime, said no drugs had been found on the plane - despite reports that hundreds of kilos of cocaine had been seized.Drug-sniffing dogs had indicated the plane was carrying cocaine, but authorities had to wait five days before seizing it.
Her comments came two days after Guinea-Bissau's attorney general also said he had received death threats.The arrests were made after at least one plane thought to have arrived from South America was seized last month.uthorities arrested three Venezuelans as well as the head of air traffic control at the airport and his deputy.Antonio Mazzitelli, West Africa director of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime, said no drugs had been found on the plane - despite reports that hundreds of kilos of cocaine had been seized.Drug-sniffing dogs had indicated the plane was carrying cocaine, but authorities had to wait five days before seizing it.
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