Mozambique: Mobile Phones Seized in Top Security Prison

Maputo — Mozambique’s Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) on Wednesday seized more than 30 mobile phones from cells in the top security prison (known as the B.O.)

Electronic devices such as cell phones and computers are banned from the prison – yet they are regularly smuggled in and are then used by inmates for criminal purposes.

Cited in Thursday’s issue of the Maputo daily “Noticias’, Sernic spokesperson Hilario Lole said the raid was part of a drive against crimes committed by the use of…