News (Media Awareness Project) - Zambia: Drug Enforcement Commission Nabs Man, 71, For Drug |
| Title: | Zambia: Drug Enforcement Commission Nabs Man, 71, For Drug |
| Published On: | 2003-04-25 |
| Source: | Times Of Zambia (ZA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-20 19:11:43 |
DRUG ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION NABS MAN, 71, FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested a 71- year-old man
believed to be a major supplier of cannabis in Chipata.
The commission also seized 1.7 tonnes of cannabis with a street value of K8
million from the suspect.
DEC spokesperson Betty Mumba said yesterday it was believed the suspect was
supplying drugs to most residents in the area.
The suspect was remanded in custody and will appear in court soon.
And in Ndola, a peasant farmer was arrested for trafficking in 800 kg of
fresh cannabis.
The suspect, aged 56, of Lufwanyama was found with drugs with a street
value of K6 million and will appear in court in soon.
DEC also arrested another suspect for having one round of ammunition while
18 others were arrested for drug-related offences during the Easter Holiday.
Most of the drugs recovered were cannabis and cannabis seed.
Meanwhile, prisoners at Kamfinsa Prisons have urged the Drug Enforcement
Commission (DEC) to effect a salary for ex-drug convicts.
Speaking when the steering committee of the prison drug education and
sensitisation team toured the prisons yesterday, the prisoners said the DEC
should effect a salary for the ex-convicts that depended on the drugs as a
source of income.
The inmates wondered what measures DEC would put in place to deter them
from dealing in drugs as it was a source of income for them and their families.
They admitted that they were aware of the dangers of the drugs but some of
them depended on them for there livelihood.
They urged the DEC to put in place a salary for them to stop selling the
drugs once they were out of prison.
And Kitwe head of the drug demand reduction programme, Lackson Zulu said
the prisoners were free to make suggestions because they were partners in
making the project a success.
He said the project was aimed at reducing drug abuse among in-mates with an
ultimate goal to reduce drug abuse in prisons.
Mr Zulu said the project which was being funded by the Swedish government
aimed to establish drug awareness programmes in each of the prisons in
Zambia and to rehabilitate drug abusing inmates.
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested a 71- year-old man
believed to be a major supplier of cannabis in Chipata.
The commission also seized 1.7 tonnes of cannabis with a street value of K8
million from the suspect.
DEC spokesperson Betty Mumba said yesterday it was believed the suspect was
supplying drugs to most residents in the area.
The suspect was remanded in custody and will appear in court soon.
And in Ndola, a peasant farmer was arrested for trafficking in 800 kg of
fresh cannabis.
The suspect, aged 56, of Lufwanyama was found with drugs with a street
value of K6 million and will appear in court in soon.
DEC also arrested another suspect for having one round of ammunition while
18 others were arrested for drug-related offences during the Easter Holiday.
Most of the drugs recovered were cannabis and cannabis seed.
Meanwhile, prisoners at Kamfinsa Prisons have urged the Drug Enforcement
Commission (DEC) to effect a salary for ex-drug convicts.
Speaking when the steering committee of the prison drug education and
sensitisation team toured the prisons yesterday, the prisoners said the DEC
should effect a salary for the ex-convicts that depended on the drugs as a
source of income.
The inmates wondered what measures DEC would put in place to deter them
from dealing in drugs as it was a source of income for them and their families.
They admitted that they were aware of the dangers of the drugs but some of
them depended on them for there livelihood.
They urged the DEC to put in place a salary for them to stop selling the
drugs once they were out of prison.
And Kitwe head of the drug demand reduction programme, Lackson Zulu said
the prisoners were free to make suggestions because they were partners in
making the project a success.
He said the project was aimed at reducing drug abuse among in-mates with an
ultimate goal to reduce drug abuse in prisons.
Mr Zulu said the project which was being funded by the Swedish government
aimed to establish drug awareness programmes in each of the prisons in
Zambia and to rehabilitate drug abusing inmates.
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