The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested a 72 year old blind man for trafficking in 35.3 kilograms (kgs) of cannabis.
DEC Public Relations and Press Liaison Officer, John Nyawali, named the old man as, Mr. Chama, a resident of Kapena village in chief Lukwesa’s area in Mwense district of Luapula province.
Mr. Nyawali said Chama was arrested for trafficking in 26 rolls of cannabis, which was wrapped in banana leaves and 48 balls of loose cannabis concealed in a traveling bag.
He said in a statement to ZANIS in Lusaka today that Chama is believed to have been perpetually used by other people to sell cannabis on their behalf.
Mr. Chama is currently detained in police custody and will appear in court soon.
The Commission has since appealed to members of the public to stop using physically challenged and young people as drug couriers.
Meanwhile, two businessmen of John Laing compound in Lusaka have been arrested after being found in possession of US$ 2600 counterfeit notes.
Mr. Nyawali said Frank Sialwindi 41, and Juma Chipindo 48, were arrested in Lusaka’s central business street when they attempted to sell the same counterfeit notes to unsuspecting members of the public.
The DEC has in the past five days seized a total of 800 kilograms of cannabis across the country while 58 people were arrested in connection with the same psychotropic substance.
ZANIS
Leave the man alone and go and arrest Dan Pule. He never paid tax for the gold he bought. When are Zambians going to wake up?
72 years old and blind but still fit because of the herb. Our forefathers had been cultivating the herb from way back when and it was not harmful to them. Then the imperialists came with their laws to forbid the plant and we took over these laws instead of stopping to ask ourselves why. Thats how opression works.
Imwe ba DEC naimwe leave umu bali alone!He is blind and he probably thought he was carrying dried cimpapila or cibwabwa yauma afterall they all feel the same in the hands!
Oweee… I didnt know how cannabis looks like until today..
ala mukwai uyu munani sana mwebantu. Kuti mwacita filyafine ukusashila nentwilo nangu fye iya kusholola fye nayo kuti mwalya bwapita.