The Monze Subordinate Courts has sentenced Vernon Hampondo of Lusaka’s Kanyama Compound to three years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing 41 bags of white maize valued at K4, 551, 00.

The FRA working in collaboration with the Zambia Police Service has since recovered the 41 bags that were stolen in Pemba district of southern Province.

Mr. Hampondo attempted to bribe the guards that were stationed at the shed who rejected his offer after which he decided to break into the Pemba shed and steal the 41 bags.

This is according to a statement made available to Tumfweko by FRA Public Relations Coordinator John Chipandwe.