Zambia - The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in Mazabuka has arrested a village headman and his family in connection with the cultivation of 7 kilogrammes of cannabis.
The named villageman from Chief Hanjalika,his wife,and daughter are currently detained at Mazabuka Police station.
DEC Mazabuka Officer in charge, Patson Chiwala, could neither confirm nor deny the arrest of the traditional leader to ZANIS in Mazabuka.
But Magoye Member of Parliament, Ben Mweemba, who confirmed the arrest of the headman, told ZANIS in Mazabuka that people in his constituency are involved in the cultivation of cannabis because they want to raise funds to send their children to school.
He stated that high povery levels are forcing people, especially elderly men and women, to grow illicit drugs because they offer quick and good money.
Mr Mweemba has since urged government to devise a petition scheme for elderly people to deter them from engaging in the illegal cultivation of drugs.
He also suggested that government, through the Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare, should provide monthly food rations to elderly people to save them from starving.
The MP also requested DEC to conduct sensitisation campaigns to educate people on the dangers of cultivating and trafficking in illict drugs.
People in Chief Hanjalika's area in Mazabuka are notoriously known for cultivation of cannabis.
Last year in September, DEC officers in a morning seized 3,000 kilogrammes of cannabis and arrested ten farmers.
The seizure was the highest ever reported in the Southern Province.
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The named villageman from Chief Hanjalika,his wife,and daughter are currently detained at Mazabuka Police station.
DEC Mazabuka Officer in charge, Patson Chiwala, could neither confirm nor deny the arrest of the traditional leader to ZANIS in Mazabuka.
But Magoye Member of Parliament, Ben Mweemba, who confirmed the arrest of the headman, told ZANIS in Mazabuka that people in his constituency are involved in the cultivation of cannabis because they want to raise funds to send their children to school.
He stated that high povery levels are forcing people, especially elderly men and women, to grow illicit drugs because they offer quick and good money.
Mr Mweemba has since urged government to devise a petition scheme for elderly people to deter them from engaging in the illegal cultivation of drugs.
He also suggested that government, through the Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare, should provide monthly food rations to elderly people to save them from starving.
The MP also requested DEC to conduct sensitisation campaigns to educate people on the dangers of cultivating and trafficking in illict drugs.
People in Chief Hanjalika's area in Mazabuka are notoriously known for cultivation of cannabis.
Last year in September, DEC officers in a morning seized 3,000 kilogrammes of cannabis and arrested ten farmers.
The seizure was the highest ever reported in the Southern Province.
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Source: LusakaTimes.com
Contact: Lusaka Times
Copyright: 2010 LusakaTimes.com
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