The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested 18 people from Lusaka’s Chibolya Compound for trafficking in various quantities of marijuana after an operation conducted last Friday.
Among those arrested is Mariah Mtonga, 36, a former radio personality of a renowned radio station in Lusaka residing at House No. 7 Pelekani Road in Makeni for trafficking in 0.6g of cannabis and a 16 year old boy of Chibolya for trafficking in seven (07) balls of cannabis weighing 16.5g.
Of the 18 suspects arrested, six (06) are residents of Chibolya while the rest are from other parts of Lusaka but were found trafficking in cannabis in Chibolya compound.
Meanwhile, the Commission has arrested a Cashier of a named bank in Mazabuka for money laundering activities involving over K80 thousand.
Chris Chani, 27, a Cashier of House No. 987 St Edmunds Extension in Mazabuka has been arrested for theft by servant contrary to section 278 of the Penal Code and fraudulent false accounting contrary to section 326 (b) of the Penal Code Cap 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
Particulars of the offence are that Chris Chani, on dates unknown but between 1st November, 2013, and 31st January, 2014 in Mazabuka District, jointly and whilst acting together with other persons unknown did steal K82, 467.90 by making false accounting entries on the accounts of unsuspecting customers of the Bank purporting to show that the customers had actually withdrawn the money when in fact not. The cashier debited the customers’ accounts without their consent or authorization and later claimed that they were miss posts.
All suspects will appear in court soon.
Why do people use drugs, which normal person takes marijuana, drinks beer or smokes?
Thanks
Mushota you are the one who is cooked all the time ka
Anyway why not let people smoke, some countries like Holland, Uruguay and the USA are progressive and have legalised chamba. Meanwhile their war on drugs continues in Zambia while they get high back home in the States. Hypocrisy why?
This is a moral war. It starts from one’s upbringing, education, socialisation and culturalisation.
The Bible says in Proverbs 22 vs 6 “Train a child in the way (s)he should go, and when (s)he is old (s)he will not turn from it”.
The Bible is rich in knowledge and guidance and if Zambia were indeed a Christian nation as we love to conveniently claim, the principles of this book would have been the basis of our statutes and social policy.
Iwe vidobo vili chabe mushe,better than vibeer
What is the minimum quantity of cannabis that qualifies as trafficking ? Dec is busy running after consumers whilst the real drug kingpins are out there roaming the streets freely. Albeit some DEC officers are on their payroll.