Q FM Africa's Modern Radio
Theresa Katongo
The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in Lusaka has arrested a Congolese national for trafficking in cocaine.
Bapabana Kayembe, 29, also known as Evaristo Chisha, a businessman of Plot No. 64/8 Kuomboka Compound has been arrested for trafficking in fifteen rocks and two sachets of cocaine.
DEC Public Relations Officer tells QFM News that the suspect was intercepted at a casino along Kafue road in Lusaka.
Ms Katongo states that this is the third time that the suspect has been arrested by the Commission for a similar offence, having been first arrested in 2012 and later in 2013 leading to a sentence of ten years at Mukobeko Maximum Prison where he escaped from custody and temporarily left the country.
And in a similar incident, the Commission has arrested Chileshe Mwape, 36, a businessman of Chibolya Compound in Lusaka District for trafficking in eight rocks of cocaine.
The suspect was arrested at a filling station along Kafue road as he was about to transact.
The DEC Public Relations Officer says both suspects are in police custody and will appear in court soon.