By MUBANGA NONDO
A 26-YEAR-OLD man of Kabushi in Ndola, charged with trafficking in a psychotropic substance, has told the Ndola Magistrate’s Court that the devil tempted him to smoke marijuana.
Julius Chishimba of house number 236, told chief resident magistrate Paul Chisha last Thursday that he did not realise that smoking marijuana is wrong because he was being used by the devil.
Chishimba said when he took plea before Mr Chisha that he regretted listening to the devil because he was now in conflict with the law.
This is in a case in which Chishimba is indicted with trafficking in a psychotropic substance which is contrary to Section six of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act Chapter 96 of the Laws of Zambia as read with Statutory Instrument number 119 of 1991.
Particulars of the offence are that Chishimba on December 29, last year, in Ndola, trafficked in 1.2 grammes of marijuana, a herbal product of cannabis sativa without lawful authority.
Chishimba told the court that he has stopped smoking marijuana since his incarceration
“Your honour, I did not know what I was doing. It was the devil who was using me to smoke marijuana but I have since stopped and I will never repeat what I did, because I have really suffered whilst in prison,” Chisha said.
But Mr Chisha sentenced Chishimba to six months imprisonment with hard labour.
“I find you guilty as charged and I convict you accordingly. I sentence you to six months imprisonment with hard labour with effect from January 8,” Mr Chisha said.
ONETIME RELOADED
January 14, 2014 at 10:16 am
napakulanda efyo nalikokola chikala
Umupandapwiti
January 14, 2014 at 11:04 am
Hehehehehehehe, I didn’t know the devil was into simple drugs like ganja!!!
Captain
January 14, 2014 at 12:16 pm
@ Umupandapwiti, hehehheeeeee, you have really made my day. ati simple drugs like ganja!!! heheheheeeeee
Trixy
January 14, 2014 at 11:53 am
@Umupandapwiti…the devil is into anything that God does not like and that destroys a human being. But again God gave man self-control so that they do not do things deliberately and later blame the devil.
Roga Roga
January 14, 2014 at 12:19 pm
Weed is good for some and bad for some. Some people get mentally stimulated and do great things like compose classic songs or solve complex math equations while others deteriorate mentally and become the bane of society. This chap is one of those.
Roga Roga
January 14, 2014 at 12:21 pm
And please leave the devil out of this. God created the weed plant for a purpose. The devil cannot create. If he could we would be dealing with monsters everyday.
Chile1
January 14, 2014 at 12:41 pm
So the devil smokes,huh?
Panda
January 14, 2014 at 1:47 pm
Ask that Rastaman,uja ati ndani uja….uja the one who wants to stand bu MP. Please remind me his name uja…..osweta so uja…..uja wa ku chipata uja…..
id!ot!
January 14, 2014 at 1:55 pm
Zaiko Mulu?…ati ndani uja?…namuziba osweta so naka Golf kolembewa ati dreads?
Panda
January 14, 2014 at 2:07 pm
Aso right, I think ni wamene uja. Na mkazi wake aimba same choir na General Kanene at Vijubeni…vitendeni
Zimandola
January 14, 2014 at 4:36 pm
Kanshi eomulelandapo ulya. Naine nimuziba manje nimaibala zina yake. Ati weno…weno…wenokane…Alikwatako na dread uyu… iwe uyu ati nani…But nimwishiba.
tutu
January 15, 2014 at 11:46 am
ba fikala imwe babili panda na chi ***** ponseniko amano!! pantufweko tepakwisa mukufumisha ifyamba mufimitwe ba kwindi imwe…
brunell
January 14, 2014 at 12:45 pm
Aba ema guys aba
PF
January 14, 2014 at 1:26 pm
Nice one Buda. That will not get you off the hook. You are going down devil or no devil.
Just remember that God can do what the devil cant do. The devil can fill your mind with drugs but God can give you a new mind!!!!
PF
January 14, 2014 at 1:36 pm
Give me a break!!!!!
Sata must die to save zambia
January 14, 2014 at 4:30 pm
Sata smokes chamba according to stephen masumba.
The devil working with the devil.
prof. ganizo
January 14, 2014 at 4:41 pm
kwena magogi uyu ena tulamubepesha ati nisatan ewalenga.
test@e
January 14, 2014 at 5:38 pm
To smoke ‘Chamba’ and escape custodial sentence you need to be a muscian like Micheal Zule or Tand Grazy whatever the name
Zimandolan
January 14, 2014 at 7:06 pm
Ha ha ha.Iwe wilalanda ifyo ati ni satana pantu nganifyo ninshi naine ewunjeba coz dobo naine tulomfwana sana.
maps
January 14, 2014 at 8:40 pm
ku kabushi! Alan bwafya
IT
January 14, 2014 at 11:29 pm
twilamubepesha devil. jst repent
Denkete
January 15, 2014 at 7:01 am
If u hv never smoked chamba in your life then u r not a man.
edav
January 15, 2014 at 8:06 am
Naka beer you should arrest.
m twe
January 15, 2014 at 9:54 am
happy new year