Four suspect were nabbed at Nyamapande border Post while attempting to smuggle a truck-full of mbanje estimated o be 2 500 kilograms into the country.
Police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the arrests yesterday.
“On July 31, 2016, police at Nyamapanda Border Post received information pertaining to drug traffickers involving a freightliner truck. When the truck arrived at the border, the driver produced a manifesto cargo of purported 30 tonnes of wheat bran,” she said.
Snr Asst Comm Charamba said police and Zimbabwe Revenue Authority officials searched the truck and recovered 47 x 50kg bags (2 350kg) of mbanje stashed among bags of wheat bran.
They arrested the driver who implicated the other three suspects who had crossed the border through an illegal entry point.
In May, unknown criminals dumped 550kg of mbanje worth thousands of dollars at Granville Cemetery, believed to have been smuggled into the country.
In January 2013, police in Harare intercepted a Malawi-registered truck carrying about 3 700kg.
- Herald
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