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Man grows cannabis to exterminate cockroaches
04 Sep 2015 at 06:26hrs | Views
A 26-year-old Bulawayo man from Makokoba suburb shocked the court when he said he grew cannabis (mbanje) because he wanted to use the leaves of the plant to kill cockroaches in his house.
Jona Manhure appeared before magistrate Batanai Tuwe facing a charge of cultivating cannabis.
Manhure pleaded guilty to the charge.
It is alleged that police received information that Manhure was cultivating cannabis at his house.
When police arrived at Manhure's residence they discovered one plant of cannabis growing in the garden. The plant was watered and manure put around it to show that it was well maintained, leading to his arrest.
Manhure in his defence said: "When I saw the tree in my yard I looked after it because I needed the leaves to kill the cockroaches in my house. My grandfather told me that the leaves killed cockroaches."
Manhure denied that he sold or smoked the cannabis but later confessed to smoking weed when he was ordered to go for blood tests
Jona Manhure appeared before magistrate Batanai Tuwe facing a charge of cultivating cannabis.
Manhure pleaded guilty to the charge.
It is alleged that police received information that Manhure was cultivating cannabis at his house.
When police arrived at Manhure's residence they discovered one plant of cannabis growing in the garden. The plant was watered and manure put around it to show that it was well maintained, leading to his arrest.
Manhure in his defence said: "When I saw the tree in my yard I looked after it because I needed the leaves to kill the cockroaches in my house. My grandfather told me that the leaves killed cockroaches."
Manhure denied that he sold or smoked the cannabis but later confessed to smoking weed when he was ordered to go for blood tests
Source - Chronicle
