Constable Brian Dube, 27, a serving officer stationed at ZRP Gutu, was arrested while carrying 50 kg of dagga by car from Chipinge to Chiredzi.[1] He faces a charge of unlawful possession of dangerous drugs.[1] Dagga is the southern African name for cannabis, which the article also calls mbanje, the Zimbabwean term.[1]

According to an internal police memo quoted by the outlet, officers from ZRP Ndali were manning a roadblock on the Ngundu–Tanganda road at about 3am on 4 August 2021.[1] They stopped a Honda Fit with two male occupants, Dube at the wheel, who showed a police identity card and said he was stationed at ZRP Beitbridge rather than Gutu.[1] Sergeant Gwara let the car go but then smelled dagga and sent three constables after it in a private vehicle; about 3 km on, the officers found the car parked and its occupants running away.[1]

A search of the car found a 50 kg sack of loose dagga, and the vehicle was impounded and taken to ZRP Ndali.[1] The case was referred to the Criminal Investigations Department in Chiredzi, which established that Dube was stationed at ZRP Gutu and called him in.[1] On 5 August 2021 Dube handed himself over at CID Chiredzi with his lawyer, Munyaradzi Vengesai of Mugiya and Muvhami law chambers.[2] Africa-Press published a shortened version of the same leaked memo, naming the same officer, charge, roadblock, weight and surrender date.[2]