THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION HAS ARRESTED A NIGERIAN DRUG KINGPIN WHO HAD BEEN ELUDING THE COMMISSION FOR A LONGTIME.
EMMANUEL EMEFUNA OKECHUKWU, A BUSINESSMAN, WAS ARRESTED TOGETHER WITH FABIAN ANAYOU UZOEYE ANOTHER NIGERIAN NATIONAL AFTER A LONG TRAIL AT PICK AND PAY SHOPPING COMPLEX IN LUSAKA’S WOODLANDS AREA
MR. OKECHUKWU WAS FOUND WITH SACHETS OF COCAINE HIDDEN IN HIS SOCKS WHILE MR. UZOEYE HID THE COCAINE IN HIS CAR.
ALL THE SUSPECTS ARE DETAINED IN POLICE CUSTODY AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT SOON.
AND THE DEC HAS ARRESTED EIGHT PEOPLE IN SEPARATE INCIDENCES IN LUSAKA FOR TRAFFICKING IN DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OF COCAINE.
AMONG THOSE ARRESTED IN LUSAKA’S CHAWAMA TOWNSHIP ARE THREE TEENAGE MUSICIANS WHO INCLUDE A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL FOR TRAFFICKING IN EIGHT SACHETS OF COCAINE.
THE YOUNG MUSICIANS WERE ARRESTED TOGETHER WITH THREE OTHER PEOPLE WHO INCLUDE A PRODUCER AND A TAXI DRIVER.
THEY WERE ARRESTED FROM AN IDENTIFIED MUSIC STUDIO IN CHAWAMA’S KUOMBOKA AREA AFTER OFFICERS CONDUCTED A SEARCH IN THE STUDIO WHERE THE COCAINE WAS FOUND.
MEANWHILE, 50 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED COUNTRYWIDE IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS FOR TRAFFICKING IN DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OF CANNABIS WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF ONE TONNE.
THIS IS ACCORDING TO A NEWS STATEMENT RELEASED TO RADIO PHOENIX BY DEC PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER JOHN NYAWALI.
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