2 Chinese arrested for drug trafficking

2 Chinese arrested for drug trafficking

By Mast Reporter

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested two Chinese citizens for various drug related offences.
DEC public relations officer Allan Tamba said the two Chinese were arrested during an operation against drug trafficking.

“The Drug Enforcement Commission has continued to intensify its efforts in combating drug trafficking and abuse across the country. In Lusaka Province, DEC officers conducted an operation that led to the arrest of two Chinese identified as Kexia Zheng, male aged 32, and Chenjiang Chen, female aged 36, both residents of Lilayi Extension,” Tamba said.

He said the arrest of Zheng and Chen was in connection with trafficking 1.5 grams of Methamphetamines and 0.96 grams of heroin.

Tamba said during the same operation on Zheng and Chen, DEC officers seized cash amounting to K8,000, reasonably believed to be proceeds of crime.

And DEC has also arrested Stanely Simwanza, 30, and Danny Siamoole, 29, of Chibolya Compound for trafficking cocaine.

“The arrest is in connection with the offence of trafficking in cocaine weighing 1.1 gram,” he said.
Tamba also said the DEC seized a Toyota Ractis in which the drugs were concealed.

“Additionally, DEC officers in Lusaka Province arrested two male suspects in separate operations. The two, identified as David Tembo, male aged 31, of Kafue, was found in possession of 3.1 kilogrammes of cannabis, while Alfred Kapandela, male aged 62, of Mwachisakulo area in Kafue, was arrested in connection with the offence of possession of 900 grams of cannabis,” he said.

In Chawama compound of Lusaka, DEC arrested Racheal Shanzi, 26, for trafficking in 16 sachets of cannabis weighing 26.15 grams following another intelligence-led operation.