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Schoolkids drugged in biscuit scandal
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A 26-year-old man from Highfields, Harare, has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of illegally dealing in dangerous drugs.
Fortune Tendai Kasina was convicted by the Mbare Magistrates' Court after admitting to baking and distributing cannabis-laced cookies that were consumed by pupils at First Choice College in Highfields.
His co-accused, 20-year-old Leenkan Zvikomborero Muzanechita, denied the charges and remains in remand prison awaiting trial.
The case came to light on 21 August, when a police officer at Machipisa Police Station received a tip-off that several students were intoxicated after consuming cookies. Investigations led police to Muzanechita, who implicated Kasina as the manufacturer.
Officers recovered 20 cannabis-laced cookies, a sachet of soda, baking powder, and a plastic bag containing an unidentified powder.
Kasina pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in jail, with one year suspended, leaving him to serve an effective two-year term.
The presiding magistrate warned that drug-related offences were a growing menace in communities and stressed that perpetrators would face the full force of the law.
Fortune Tendai Kasina was convicted by the Mbare Magistrates' Court after admitting to baking and distributing cannabis-laced cookies that were consumed by pupils at First Choice College in Highfields.
His co-accused, 20-year-old Leenkan Zvikomborero Muzanechita, denied the charges and remains in remand prison awaiting trial.
Officers recovered 20 cannabis-laced cookies, a sachet of soda, baking powder, and a plastic bag containing an unidentified powder.
Kasina pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in jail, with one year suspended, leaving him to serve an effective two-year term.
The presiding magistrate warned that drug-related offences were a growing menace in communities and stressed that perpetrators would face the full force of the law.
Source - online
