Couple arrested with 10 parcels of dagga on Harare-Chirundu Road
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.
🇿🇼 288-kilometre peg along the Harare-Chirundu Road · Zimbabwe
Police arrested a couple for alleged unlawful possession of dagga at the
288-kilometre peg along the Harare-Chirundu Road.[1][2]The Zimbabwe Republic
Police identified them as Dzinoreva Tafadzwa Jadson Brian, 33, and his wife
Elizabeth Mugezelwa, 44, who were travelling in a foreign-registered truck when
they were intercepted at a checkpoint on Thursday.[1][2]The interception took
place on 29 October 2026 at the same 288-kilometre checkpoint on the
Harare-Chirundu Road.[3][2]
A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 10 parcels wrapped in black
plastic and yellow tape containing compressed dagga.[1][2]Police confirmed the
arrests in connection with the recovered parcels as a case of alleged unlawful
possession of dagga.[3]
Police did not disclose the weight of the dagga recovered or the country in
which the truck was registered.[3]The arrest comes amid ongoing police
efforts to curb the possession and transportation of illegal drugs across the
country.[3]
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Image published with the report on the 10 parcels of compressed dagga seized at the Harare-Chirundu checkpoint.Photo details
No weight for the 10 parcels of compressed dagga was published; only the parcel count is known.
The checkpoint is located only as the 288-kilometre peg, so the coordinates are approximate.
No formal charge, court date or outcome beyond the allegation of unlawful possession was reported.
The same Pindula article also describes a separate 26 October recovery of two sacks of dagga from an abandoned Honda Fit on the Masvingo-Beitbridge Road, a different event left out of this report.
Both outlets attribute their accounts to the same Zimbabwe Republic Police statement, so they are not independent.
The listed photo is judged by its caption and surrounding text and was not visually verified.
The same Herald article also reports the 30 October 2026 arrest of Patrick Khulani Ngwenya with dagga in a Monarch bag and two sacks at the Northbound Search Bay in Beitbridge, a separate event left out of this report.
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 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 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.
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.
