Posts Tagged ‘Khat’

Frenetic pace of Ethiopia’s khat boomtown

January 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Economy, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

The global trade in khat is worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year and in one Ethiopian town daily life centres almost entirely around the drug. Drive along any road between Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia and you are likely to see pick-up trucks, piled high with bundles of fresh green leaves, hurtling past you at terrific speed, horns blaring, lights... Read more

18 Arrested in Khat Trafficking Investigation

May 20 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, News, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , ,

Authorities have arrested 18 people in four states, including 10 from northern Virginia, for what they allege was an international trafficking ring that distributed nearly 10,000 pounds of the illegal African drug known as khat. Federal prosecutors in Alexandria charged Yonis M. Ishak of Arlington as the conspiracy’s ringleader. He allegedly paid a network of couriers... Read more

Ethopian cafe owner arrested in major khat bust in Washington DC

May 5 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Ethiopian, News, People, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , ,

District police charged the owner of an Ethiopian cafe with the illegal narcotic khat after investigators intercepted hundreds pounds of the leafy substance, which is used as a common stimulant in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Police recovered more than 300 pounds of khat that had a street value of more than $95,000, said Lt. John Haines of the 4th... Read more

Fake Nike Shoes and Khat led Ethiopian father to deport (Video)

December 31 | Posted by ocean | Crime, Featured, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , ,

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – His wife fears for his life if he’s deported to Ethiopia, the country he fled more than a decade ago. His seven children just want their dad back. “My sister, I don’t want her to grow up without a dad,” said a tearful Gutama Abdulkarim, a fourth-grader at Forest Hills’ Orchard View Elementary School. “And I... Read more

Ethiopian Man Caught Selling Khat in Gas station (VIDEO)

July 6 | Posted by ocean | News, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , ,

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – One Mid-South man is behind bars after police caught him with a large amount of Khat at Memphis Smart Mart. Smart Mart at South Highland and Southern was closed for business around 11 a.m. Monday morning. The store was back open to customers by that afternoon. Police said the temporary shutdown came after the only employee on duty was... Read more