Q FM Africa's Modern Radio
A female Zambian has died in India after two capsules of unknown drugs burst in her stomach.
Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Public relations officer Theresa Katongo has told Qfm news in a statement that KelthaTwala, a female Zambian national, died on 29thJune 2015 at GND hospital in Amritsar, Punjab State in India after two of the 50 unknown drugs she had swallowed burst in her stomach.
Ms. Katongo says Twala, who was first discovered sick at the Indian border to Pakistan, was on her way to Pakistan from New Delhi, India before meeting her death citing that during a postmortem, a total of 50 capsules were found in her body of which 45 capsules were found in her stomach and 05 were discovered in the rectum.
She however explains that the Indian Narcotics Control Bureau is yet to establish the type of drug contained in the capsules.
And Ms. Katongo adds that the Zambian Mission in New Delhi is trying to verify reports of the arrest of another female Zambian, Catherine Mulenga at Indira Ghandi International Airport for being in possession of a drug called methaqualone worth over US$30,000.
The commission has cautioned members of the public especially women on the dangers of being used as couriers by foreign nationals stressing that Such trends risk damaging the image of the country in the eyes of the international community and Zambians risk being subjected to high security searches when travelling abroad.
She has further appealed to members of the public on the need to safeguard the image of the country by developing their lives, communities and identities without drugs.