Couple Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison After Being Caught With 35kg Of Mbanje

A Zvishavane couple, Cliff Mutenda (33) popularly known as Wasu in drug dealing circles and his wife Reveti Mahati were sentenced to 5 years in prison yesterday at Zvishavane Magistrates Court by Magistrate Archie Wochiunga for illegally possessing 35kg of dagga.

The two were arrested after Police detectives found them in possession of 35kg dagga, 27×100 millimeters of bronclear syrup and 96×100 millimeters of novalyn syrup.

The couple was arrested after Police detectives received a tip-off that they were selling weed.

The detectives found the couple packaging weed into smaller sachets; a search was conducted and bronclear and novalyn syrups were discovered leading to their arrest.