The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in Chipata, Eastern Province has arrested two officers from the Zambia Security Intelligence Service for drug trafficking.
DEC Public Relations Officer John Nyawali said felix Soko, 37, was arrested together with Franklin Maona, 25, after being found in possession of about 7.6 grammes of cannabis concealed in their pockets.
Mr Nyawali said the duo was found smoking cannabis at the banks of Lunkhwakwa stream and attempted to escape from DEC officers by jumping into the river.
“Unfortunately their attempted escape failed as they could not swim across the stream and eventually aborted their attempt and gave themselves up to the officers” Mr Nyawali said.
Mr Nyawali told ZANIS in a statement in Lusaka today that the suspects were currently detained in Police custody awaiting trial.
Meanwhile, Mr Nyawali has revealed that 113 people were arrested countrywide in the last seven days for trafficking in various quantities of cannabis with a total weight of 190 kilogrammes.
He said among those arrested are two teenage boys of Nthindi Middle Basic School in Nakonde for trafficking in 128 bundles of mirra weighing 56 kilogrammes.
Others arrested are a trader of Samfya district who was found exchanging cannabis with fish from the fish mongers.
Mr Nyawali has since appealed to fish mongers not to accept exchanging their commodities with cannabis as the vice will not help them meet their financial requirements but put them in trouble with the law.
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Just claim you are a Rastafarian.
Secret Spy Stoners.
he he he
hahahahahahahahahahahha i think fyamba fyaka RB hahahahahaha
Iye Tata. Elo lwanya. Ba Shushushu nabo balapepa ifyamba. Please same one help me what is mirra in our local language and how is it made?
Zambian James bonds smoking that fine Jamaican cheeba, no wonder people know whom shushushus are lol.
Lack of integrity in the ZSIS.just good at rigging our votes.wat intellegence do they do even, pls sumone help me.I have never head of ZSIS intercepting an organised crime.recently a truck load of illegal somalians entered zambia yet ZSIS had no crue.
LEGALIZEE IT EE!!! DON’T CRITISIZEE
shame on the system.
Where these drug traffickers or drug consumers? This then begs the question, what is the difference between drug trafficking and being in possession of drugs?
Amazing, 7.2 grammes: Am sure there are “internal” problems within the boma to the point that shushushus might have stepped on someone’s feet; and the only way to corner them was to follow their habbits. The usual issues of personal conflicts in organisations cannot be rulled out. Surely, 7.2 grammes could have been dealt with internally, at the station. Good luck to them, am sure by now the world is no longer the same for these two lads. Justice will be uncompromised!!
FYAMBA FYAKWA LUPIAH AND CHILUBA JUST ASK THEM PROPERLY THEY ARE GOING TO REWIEW. IFYAMBA E BWALI BWAKWA CHILUBA.
[-([-( obviously the lads were under cover but ended up smoking the evidence…ha ha ha! FTJ would love these unsung heroes…by now they would be his personal bodyguards.
Dont tell me FTJ smoked Ifyamba??
It is not fair release the guys.
7 grammes? what a waste of time and resources
Sorry SOKO, he is actually my friend, what a pity, i told you to stop smoking. Whom did offend my
brother?
The vice of selling and smoking cannabis will not end unless people who grow the herb are arrested. Some grow camba in places where police cannot even reach. shame!!!!!!! Boys are getting mad nowadays because of smoking camba. shame!!!!!!!!!!!!
@zosa wake up do some research on the stuff. watch the unioun!