In the face of a deadly global pandemic, government cleared shipment of 250 kilogrammes of cannabis to Tel Aviv after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government agreed to pay $375,000 (about Shs1.5b) for dry cannabis flowers.
Security sources told Daily Monitor that a Kasese-based medical cannabis dealer - the Industrial Hemp (U) Ltd, used Turkish Airlines on Monday night to deliver their first significant medical cannabis exports to Israel. The Turkish flight left the country at 11:30pm.
The company last year signed a delivery order with Israel’s ministry of health that requires Uganda to supply dry cannabis flowers at a gate price of $1,500 per kilo. This company is linked to former Bunyaruguru County MP Benjamin Cadet.
Sources told Daily Monitor at the weekend that the deal was secured through an Israeli cannabis company - Pharma Limited. Israeli’s health ministry contacted the company last year through one of the directors at Pharma Limited, an Israeli company working with Industrial Hemp (U) Ltd and has invested about $360m (Shs1.3 trillion) in Hima, Kasese.
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