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The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested a 36-year-old Tanzanian national for trafficking in heroin concealed in shoes.
Commission Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo in a statement says Hussein Tayari Musa, 36, a Tanzanian businessman of Kibaha area in Dar-es-Salaam has been arrested for trafficking in heroin weighing 853g concealed in shoes.
She says the suspect was arrested at Chirundu border as he was coming from South Africa enroute to Tanzania.
Ms Katongo says the suspect who is currently detained at Chirundu Police Station appeared in the Siavonga Magistrates Court on 14th December, 2015 for mention and trial in his case will commence on 11th January, 2016.
Meanwhile, the Commission in Lusaka has arrested two bus drivers, a conductor and a Mechanic of Matero Township for trafficking in cannabis.
The four suspects include Bwalya Kapoyo, 29, a bus driver, Boston Sakala also a bus driver, Evaristo Mafinge, 29, a bus conductor and Patrick Mtongo, 35, a Mechanic were intercepted at Chingwere Cemetery.
A Toyota Hiace and an Inverter have since been seized by the Commission.
Also arrested in Lusaka is Frank Mwangilwa, a 19-year-old pupil of Olympia Township for trafficking in 100 tablets of diazepam and two (02) pre-packs of cannabis.
And in Central Province, the Commission has arrested Sillet Chelo, 30, a peasant farmer of Kanyensha village in Mumbwa District for trafficking in 12.6kg of cannabis.