DEC NABS INNOCENT KALIMANSHI

By SIMON MUNTEMBA SELF-PROCLAIMED PF ‘commander’ Innocent Kalimanshi has been apprehended by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) for allegedly trafficking in high grade cannabis. Mr Kalimanshi was arrested together with 37 other suspects in Lusaka’s Chawama Compound for being in possession of 28 balls of cannabis and offensive weapons among other things. DEC Director General, …

DEC NABS INNOCENT KALIMANSHI
By SIMON MUNTEMBA SELF-PROCLAIMED PF ‘commander’ Innocent Kalimanshi has been apprehended by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) for allegedly trafficking in high grade cannabis. Mr Kalimanshi was arrested together with 37 other suspects in Lusaka’s Chawama Compound for being in possession of 28 balls of cannabis and offensive weapons among other things. DEC Director General, Musonda Simwayi said Mr Kalimanshi was apprehended on Friday together with his close associate, Nathan Phiri after being found with high grade cannabis, in their vehicle which has since been seized. “On Friday on we picked up 26 suspects in Chawama who were found with offensive weapons in Chawama and 28 balls of cannabis. We also picked another suspect known as Innocent Kalimanshi who was found with high grade  cannabis in the motor vehicle that he was driving   with another suspect called Nathan Phiri. His vehicle has since been seized by the commission,” Dr Simwayi said at a press briefing in Lusaka. He said the Commission has gone further to seize the premises where the group allegedly carried out its illegal activities and would remain closed until further notice. Dr Simwayi further disclosed that among those picked was also a 13-year old boy who was found abusing the drugs. He explained that 34 of the  38 were from within Chawama Compound, three   from Chilenje and one woman   picked at a check point with 71 bundles of miraa. Dr Simwayi warned that the Commission would not relent in its operations and that anyone found wanting will be arrested despite their social or political status. He however said the Commission would continue engaging members of the public on the dangers of drug abuse.