Five arrested with 171 sachets of dagga in Mhondoro, Mashonaland West
Zimbabwe Republic Police arrested five people at Chirasavana Business Centre in Mamina, Mhondoro, on 22 August 2025 and reported finding 171 small sachets and a plastic bag of dagga on them. Police also seized a machete, an axe, two knives and a chain whip; no weight, court date or outcome was reported.
🇿🇼 Chirasavana Business Centre, Mamina, Mhondoro, Mashonaland West · Zimbabwe
Police in Mhondoro, Mashonaland West, arrested five people at Chirasavana
Business Centre in Mamina on 22 August 2025 on suspicion of unlawful possession
of dagga.[1]Zimbabwe Republic Police national spokesperson Commissioner Paul
Nyathi confirmed the arrests and the drugs recovered.[1]
The five were found in possession of 171 small sachets and one plastic bag of
dagga, the local name for cannabis.[1]Officers also recovered a machete, an
axe, two Columbian knives and one chain whip in the same arrest.[1]
The Zimbabwe Republic Police published its own account of the arrests on X the
next day, naming the same five suspects and the same 171 sachets and plastic bag
of dagga.[2]
The police post said the machete, axe, two Columbia knives and chain whip were
recovered from the same group.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No weight is given for the 171 sachets or the plastic bag of dagga, so the amount is recorded as sachets rather than kilograms.
No charge sheet, court appearance or outcome was reported; the reports say only that the five were arrested.
NewZimbabwe.com and the police's own post carry the same statement, so the details are not independently confirmed.
The Ruwaka note: 'Coordinates are those of Mhondoro district, not the exact business centre.'
The article also reports a separate arrest of six people at Rutenga Business Centre, Masvingo, on 21 August 2025 that also involved cough syrup and codeine; that event is left out of this report.
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