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67-yr-old man nabbed for cultivating cannabis
31 Dec 2017 at 17:30hrs | Views
Police have arrested a 67-year-old man from Chigona village in Chipinge for unlawful cultivation of cannabis as the law enforcement agency intensifies efforts to reduce drug abuse cases in the country.
Following a tip off, detectives from the Criminal Investigations Department in Chipinge on Friday arrested Thomas Rashayi Makhanyeza and recovered 94 plants of cannabis, measuring between one and two metres in height.
The plants were uprooted from a garden at the accused's homestead near the border with Mozambique.
Chipinge District Criminal Investigations Officer, Superintendent Obey Muzadzi, who warned other cannabis cultivators to stop forthwith the illegal practice, said the case is the first major cannabis cultivation arrest in the area as most previous cases were on the shipment of cannabis from Mozambique due to the country's porous border.
Meanwhile, the accused appeared before the Chipinge Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty before being remanded to the 5th of January 2018 for sentencing.
Chipinge has been traditionally known as a transit point for cannabis being sold to other parts of the country with other supplies going as far as South Africa.
Following a tip off, detectives from the Criminal Investigations Department in Chipinge on Friday arrested Thomas Rashayi Makhanyeza and recovered 94 plants of cannabis, measuring between one and two metres in height.
The plants were uprooted from a garden at the accused's homestead near the border with Mozambique.
Meanwhile, the accused appeared before the Chipinge Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty before being remanded to the 5th of January 2018 for sentencing.
Chipinge has been traditionally known as a transit point for cannabis being sold to other parts of the country with other supplies going as far as South Africa.
Source - zbc
