The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested 71 people for alleged drug trafficking.
The commission has also seized 6.5 tonnes of cannabis.
Among those arrested is a 31 year old peasant farmer, Zakeyo Nkhoma and his wife Misozi of Kamoto village in chief Chinunda’s area in Chipata.
The couple cultivated five tonnes of fresh cannabis.
DEC Public Relations Manager, John Nyawali told ZNBC news in a statement that the couple was arrested for cultivating four hundred kilograms of the psychotropic substance.
Mr .Nyawali also disclosed that 27 year old Loyd Zulu of Kitwe’s Chimwemwe Township was arrested for trafficking in crack cocaine.
Meanwhile the commission has also arrested twin brothers Joseph and Evans Mwape from Chawama Township in Lusaka for possessing counterfeit US dollars.
The twins were found with 54 thousand US dollars of counterfeit notes.
[ ZNBC ]
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Provide alternatives for the farmers to make a living.
It boils down to one thing Job creations and promotion of SMME’s and not looking for foreign (fest)investors
crack cocaine in Kitwe!!!!!!! bun the coke light the herb….I kid I kid
Problem is that DEC are very quick to announce these arrests but if one took time to follow up one year later, All culprits are back in the streets with cases that will finish 8 years later. What a shame.
okay thanx December Nyawali, But respect those jayerz,they make you employed and feed your family and drive that car.
Nabakashi, sorry sure,anyway it is because of poverty in our ZED no deal no cash and no life
Ya ya ya abena Zakeyo nababekata ? hmm yabipa.
Good job! However consider renaming the commission to “Anti-Drug Enforcement Commission”
where do they get crack cocaine from, when i left Zed they only had mandrax now all sorts of drugs are been trafficked
The Drug Enforcement Commission, ati ba (DEC) just good at arresting poor villagers. Ba SATANA IMWE, you’re just all thieves!!!
Question to LT why is my contribution earlier under 4 hour moderation? I did not insult as others do but their posts come through.
Its Sad, DEC only arrests poor villages
Then just legalize it! In Holand you have it with Nyawali calling your name. Could be better than tujilijili.
The DEC is open to information of the big fish who deals in cocaine. it is not enough to say that man deals without sufficient evidence. give them data and they will make arrests. The commission arrests villagers because cocaine is not an everyday business and such arrests are not easily done since information comes in bits and pieces however Nyawalii and his cronies should explain to the nation why the commissioner zulu intervened to release Dickson Jere’s nephew after being arrested with 8 pornographic materials and marijuana. Nyawalii should be ashamed. i challenge ba LT to get in touch so that they reveal alot of nonsense going on at this institution since you have the email address.
The UK street value of 6.5 metric tonnes of cannabis is £65 million pounds! The government should legalise canabis for commercial medical export. This ‘industry’ can bring in more forex 365 days of the year. If just two people can produce that many tonnes, imagine if we had 1 million cannabis farmers, this sector can be producing more forex than the entire mining sector. This is an untapped potential and a source of renewable environmentally friendly and healthy produce that can go on for many years to come. Copper will one day finish but canabis can be produced all year round with little or no effort at all. Some states in America are already legalising cannabis for medical use so why not Zambia? Besides we are now Africa’s largest producer of high grade cannabis.
Cont’d from 16. However, all other drugs should be banned except for cannabis, it has been proved that the herb is one of the most important plants to day. Legalise it.