In a significant breakthrough, the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) on the Copperbelt has apprehended six individuals suspected to be part of an organized criminal gang responsible for distributing counterfeit United States dollars. The joint operation has resulted in the arrest of the following individuals:
Twizzy Himaantu, a 53-year-old police officer
Juliet Tembo, a 53-year-old local court magistrate
Alex Kwibisa, a 49-year-old miner
David Kalumbu, a 54-year-old farmer
Fredrick Chilando, a 36-year-old driver
Edwin Mando, a 32-year-old driver
These suspects have been jointly charged with the possession of counterfeit notes, amounting to a staggering US $1,031,200, in violation of Section 358 of the Penal Code Cap 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
The arrests were made following a special operation conducted in Kitwe, during which a Toyota Spacio with registration number AOB 727 was seized.
The DEC has detained the suspects in lawful custody, and they are set to appear in court in the near future.
This counterfeit money is believed to be part of a larger stash of US $2 million in counterfeit notes that was allegedly smuggled into the country by this organized criminal network.
The DEC is deeply concerned about the proliferation of counterfeit currency and is urging the public to exercise caution and avoid engaging in foreign currency transactions on the streets.
Wouldn’t surprise me if most of those are bembas and easterners who also support pf. This is behaviour we saw from pf thugs
So you don’t even where such names come from? They are your people don’t pass them onto other tribes. Ah isn’t this a spill over from the KKIA scandal?
Crime has no tribe.
And plenty of Tonga and Bemba names criss-cross. Mwetwa, Chibamba, Congo etc
Some even lie and gove named from other regions. Majority of those are bemba and Eastern names. What does that say about them. Those are pf cadres
This are the people making innocent traders lose huge sums of money by selling them counterfeit currency. Give them tough sentences. Any counterfeit usd anywhere in the world the US secret service needs to be informed. They will provide logistics to apprehend all the suspects involved in this.
Every evil as an end.There is no shortcut to riches.