Malawians Arrested For Possessing Mukula Tree

A TEAM of the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), Forestry Department and police in Eastern Province has arrested 20 Malawians for alleged possession of 133 logs of Mukula tree.
And the DEC in Lusaka has arrested a 42-year-old businesswoman of Chilenje township for allegedly trafficking in cocaine.
DEC public relations officer Theresa Katongo said the first 12 suspects were intercepted and apprehended on a Fuso truck laden with 79 logs of the Mukula tree while the rest were arrested on another Fuso truck ferrying 54 logs of illegally logged timber.
“The suspects were intercepted in Kapongolo area in Lundazi enroute to Malawi,” Ms Katongo said.
She said DEC has seized the two trucks used in allegedly committing the offence.
And the DEC in Lusaka has arrested businesswoman of Chilenje for allegedly trafficking in cocaine.
Ms Katongo said Florence Machanda, 42, of Chilenje has been arrested for trafficking in 18.8 grammes of cocaine.
She said Machanda was on the DEC watch list for a long time for allegedly supplying cocaine to members of the public in Kabwata.
“She was apprehended from her bar in Kabwata,” Ms Katongo said.
In a related development, the DEC has arrested and jointly charged Ernest Chongo, 19, a footballer of house number 21/10 John Laing and Shadreck Ngosa, 27, a bus conductor of house number 3 Chinsali Road in Chilenje for allegedly trafficking in 22 sachets of cocaine.
Ms Katongo said the suspects were intercepted at a named guest house in Garden township.
She also said the DEC in Lusaka has arrested James Kalwasha, 47, a businessman of Matero township for alleged possession of US$700 counterfeit notes.

Posted by Editor on January 17, 2015. Filed under CRIME. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

6 Responses to Malawians Arrested For Possessing Mukula Tree

ncekelako

January 17, 2015 at 11:14 am

The source of corruption in our country
Sikiza

January 17, 2015 at 12:08 pm

Arrest sinkamba also green party presidnt b4 pipo start killing thmselves with pangas as they shal hv acces to mariquana
- ganja farmer
  
  January 17, 2015 at 12:51 pm
  
  what is mariquana? Muleikalafye ngatamwishibe ifintu!!
charles

January 18, 2015 at 4:00 pm

but why should innocent zambians be killed becoz ov mkula tree?why intelligence officers be ordered to kill zambians like the incidence in lundazi?
petros

January 20, 2015 at 10:20 pm

ligalize mukula tree coz malawians and tanzanians are benefiting but wen a zambian is suspected of trading in mkula u shoot is that fair?
Mathews kaluba

January 21, 2015 at 4:16 pm

Over mukula on 29-11 -14 i was going to Malawi on duty im a truck driver, 2 trucks came with counteners around 13hrs parked next to me i cross to Malawi around 15hrs abt 20km from muchinji border at the checkpont called kamwndo i was ditend from 16hrs 2 midnight a around midnight i so Toyota collora to men came out chating with police sped of after 20min 2 trucks came same which i left at the border Ask police where this trucks going? the going to Mozambique with mukula tree from Zambia .