ZAMBIAN businesswoman arrested in Ethiopia for drug trafficking | UKZAMBIANS MAGAZINE, WEBSITE, VIDEOS, TV

ZAMBIAN businesswoman arrested in Ethiopia for drug trafficking | UKZAMBIANS MAGAZINE, WEBSITE, VIDEOS, TV: "ZAMBIAN businesswoman has been arrested in Ethiopia for alleged drug trafficking. Izalo Kalenda, 31, was arrested at Addis Abba international airport on her way from Pakistan via Dubai to Zimbabwe.


Woman Arrested
This is according to a statement released on January 22 by Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) public relations officer, John Nyawali.

Mr Nyawali said Ms Kalenda allegedly swallowed the heroin weighing over half a kilogramme.

She is detained in Ethiopia awaiting trial.

Meanwhile, the DEC has arrested a 24-year-old man of John Laing Township in Lusaka for allegedly trafficking in pure grade cocaine.

Joseph Mwamba was allegedly found with 16 sachets of cocaine powder after a DEC search at his house.

And 94 people were arrested in the last seven days for trafficking in different quantities of cannabis weighing a total of 428kgs.

Among them are two Somali nationals resident in Ndola who were found in possession of 34 bundles of Mirra, weighing over 12kgs.

Meanwhile, Police in Kitwe have arrested three suspected conmen, including a foreigner, for allegedly swindling businessmen out of huge sums of money on the pretext that they supplied pharmaceutical seeds.

Copperbelt Police commanding officer Martin named the suspects as Keith Musonda, 36, Lameck Katongo, 18 and Person Brian Gordon, a foreigner from unknown country."