The Drug Enforcement Commission in Western Province has arrested one person for unlawful cultivation and trafficking in cannabis contrary to the laws of Zambia.
Bob Musialela Nosiku, 31, of Namakena Village in Limulunga District has been arrested for trafficking in forty-three balls of dry loose cannabis weighing 1.84 kilogrammes and cultivation of cannabis plants weighing 500.2 kilogrammes in a field behind his house.
Meanwhile, the Commission in Southern Province has arrested Kineta Chigwagwa, a female small scale farmer of unknown age, in Ndongo Village of Kalomo District for trafficking in 165 kilogrammes of loose cannabis.
And, the Commission has also arrested Francis Simpati, 32, a businessman of Kabanda Village in Sinazongwe District for being in possession of counterfeit notes amounting to K 8, 200.00 in K 100 bills. The suspect was apprehended as he was about to transact with an unsuspecting shop attendant.
The Commission wishes to advise members of the public to study the features of the Zambian Kwacha notes and always report any suspicious notes to avoid becoming victims of unscrupulous individuals behind the spate of counterfeit notes.
All suspects are in Police custody and will appear in court soon.
Leave them alone especially if they are the ones who are cooking the stuff and eating it
Arrest the people who are stealing Mukula trees.
Robots responding to high command, high command responding to white mans command..What happens when white man says bad command good and good command bad?
Meanwhile, the plant is being legally cultivated in Amsterdam, California and parts of Europe as multinational pharmaceuticals buy shares. By the time we wake up, there will be no more piece of the pie left for the poor African weed farmers on the international market. Thank you DEC for helping Slave Driver to tighten the shackles again.
Legalise it. Stop arresting poor people trying to make a decent living.