THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION HAS ARRESTED A 46 YEAR OLD TAXI DRIVER IN LUSAKA FOR TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE.
BILLY NYAMBE, A RESIDENT OF CHILENJE SOUTH WAS ARRESTED FROM NORTHMEAD AREA WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO SALE FIVE ROCKS OF CRACK COCAINE TO SOME PEOPLE.
DEC PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER JOHN NYAWALI SAYS MR. NYAMBE BELONGS TO A CARTEL OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPLYING COCAINE TO SOME AFFLUENT NIGHT CLUBS AROUND LUSAKA ESPECIALLY THOSE AT NORTHMEAD.
MR. NYAWALI ADDED THAT MR. NYAMBE HAD BEEN ON THE COMMISSION’S WATCH LIST BUT WAS ELUSIVE FOR SOME TIME AND TWO OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ALREADY SERVING JAILS SENTENCES AFTER THEY WERE ARRESTED IN SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING.
MEANWHILE, THE COMMISSION SEIZED 1.3 TONNES OF CANNABIS IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS AND 45 PEOPLE ARRESTED COUNTRYWIDE FOR TRAFFICKING IN DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OF THE PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES.
AMONG THOSE ARRESTED IS A 41 YEAR OLD PEASANT FARMER PETER MUSONDA OF CHILUFYA VILLAGE IN CHIEF MUCHINDA’S AREA IN SERENJE DISTRICT WHO WAS FOUND WITH 1.1 TONNES OF FRESH CANNABIS WHICH HE HAD INTERCROPPED WITH HIS MAIZE CROPS.
THE COMMISSION HAS SINCE URGED FARMERS TO DEDICATE THEIR RESOURCES TOWARDS THE CULTIVATION OF LEGAL CASH CROPS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY IN THEIR HOMES.
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