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Mbanje grower jailed 5 years
20 Nov 2020 at 09:06hrs | Views
A 36-YEAR-OLD Shamva cannabis grower was sentenced to 5 years behind bars yesterday by Bindura provincial magistrate Tinashe Ndokera.
Chenjerai Zebron pleaded guilty to the charge.
The court heard that on November 17 the police received a tip-off that Zebron was selling dagga, they pounced on his house and found him packing the dagga in 2 x 50 kgs sacks.
He was asked to produce a license which he failed to produce.
The police quizzed him on who is the supplier is and he told them he was a grower.
He led the police to his garden where he was forced to uproot 533 plants of dagga.
They arrested him and sent him to court.
Chenjerai Zebron pleaded guilty to the charge.
The court heard that on November 17 the police received a tip-off that Zebron was selling dagga, they pounced on his house and found him packing the dagga in 2 x 50 kgs sacks.
He was asked to produce a license which he failed to produce.
The police quizzed him on who is the supplier is and he told them he was a grower.
He led the police to his garden where he was forced to uproot 533 plants of dagga.
They arrested him and sent him to court.
Source - Byo24News
