Three arrested with 120,244 kg of dagga in a pick-up on Beitbridge–Bulawayo road
Zimbabwe Republic Police arrested three men, one of them a foreign national, at the 60-kilometre peg on the Beitbridge–Bulawayo road in Matabeleland South and said they found 120,244 kilograms of dagga in the back of their pick-up. They face drug trafficking allegations; no court date was reported.
🇿🇼 60-kilometre peg, Beitbridge–Bulawayo road, Matabeleland South · Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Republic Police arrested three men at the 60-kilometre peg on the
Beitbridge–Bulawayo road in Matabeleland South on suspicion of drug trafficking.[1]The three men were aged 46, 38 and 41, and police said one of them was a
foreign national.[1]National police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi
confirmed the arrests.[1]The three were travelling in a Nissan Hardbody
double-cab pick-up, registration number XVD354GH, when they were stopped.[1]
Officers found 120,244 kilograms of dagga stashed in the back of the pick-up.[1]Skyz Metro FM reported the same police account, with the same weight, road
location and vehicle registration.[2]Hurumende reported that investigations
into the case were under way.[3]
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Hurumendehurumende.comThree Arrested Along Beitbridge-Bulawayo Road For Drug Trafficking
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The sources give no separate date for the interception; 25 May 2026 is the date of the police statement and the first reports, and is used as the incident date.
All accounts reproduce the same Zimbabwe Republic Police statement by Commissioner Paul Nyathi, so they are not independent reporting.
Only one of the three, described as a foreign national, is said to have non-Zimbabwean status; no source names his nationality.
No weight is reported for individual packages, only the total of 120,244 kilograms, and no value estimate was published.
No charge sheet, court date, bail decision or court outcome was reported.
Zimbabwe Republic Police arrested 27-year-old Lancelot Nehanda at a checkpoint at the St Augustine's Turn-off in Penhalonga on 5 November 2026 after officers searched a Honda Fit and found 139 small sachets of dagga and two crystals of methamphetamine. The police's own account of the arrest mentions only 141 sachets of crystal methamphetamine.
Police arrested a couple at the 288-km peg on the Harare-Chirundu Road after finding 10 parcels of compressed dagga in their truck. The pair, aged 33 and 44, face allegations of unlawful possession; police gave no weight for the seizure.
Police in Chimanimani arrested a 73-year-old and a 38-year-old on 26 October 2026 after finding 770 dagga plants growing among maize in Ruwaka Village. Processed dagga was also recovered; both face unlawful cultivation charges.
Zimbabwe Republic Police stopped a Toyota Hilux near Bubi on the Harare–Beitbridge Road and arrested Norest Jingura, 35, dressed in police uniform, and Alison Maredza, 43, whom a police memo identifies as a Zimbabwe National Army Presidential Guard corporal. Police reported 120 cobs of dagga weighing about 600 kg in total and valued at US$96,000 on the street.
