The Gwanda Provincial Magistrates Court sentenced Obvious Ngwenya, 27, to 10 years in prison for dealing in 19.01 kilograms of dagga found in his parcel at a roadblock on the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road.
Obvious Ngwenya, 27, of Emakhandeni, Bulawayo, boarded a pirate taxi from Beitbridge to Bulawayo with a parcel wrapped in a light blue comforter that he paid the driver to carry separately.[1][2]
At the 129 km peg on the Bulawayo-Beitbridge road, police stopped the vehicle at a routine roadblock and found 33 cobs of dagga weighing 19.01 kilograms hidden in black plastic bags in his parcel.[1][2]
He appeared before Magistrate Progress Murandu at the Gwanda Provincial Magistrates Court on charges of dealing in dangerous drugs and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.[1][2]
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Zimbabwe police named seven people sentenced for unlawful possession of dagga as part of 25 convictions announced in a nationwide crackdown. The dagga sentences ranged from six months to 36 months, while other cases involved dangerous drugs, unregistered medicines and an immigration offence.
Police in Chipinge arrested Maria Mawacha, Gremma Mutema and Simon Sithole after 357 dagga plants were found in maize fields and gardens. Mawacha pleaded guilty and received 36 months with suspensions and 580 hours community service, while charges against Mutema were withdrawn and Sithole awaits sentence.
The Chinhoyi Magistrates' Court sentenced Aristotle Keith Mabvira to an effective 30 months in prison for possessing 1.055 kg of dagga recovered from his room. Six months of the 36-month term were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.055 kgPrison 30 months (six months suspended for five years)
Zimbabwe's information minister said 2,889 people accused of drug offences had been brought before the courts and 381 convictions secured under the government's drug abuse crackdown, and that 31 drug bases in Manicaland and Mashonaland West provinces were dismantled. He gave the value of all drugs confiscated, dagga among them, as about ZiG79.9 million.