{"id":8083,"date":"2025-02-18T07:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T07:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8083"},"modified":"2025-02-18T07:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T07:20:08","slug":"press-statement-11th-february-2025-arrest-of-suspects-for-drug-and-substance-abuse-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8083","title":{"rendered":"PRESS STATEMENT: 11TH FEBRUARY 2025 &#8211; ARREST OF SUSPECTS FOR DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE COUNTRY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0names and shames the listed <strong>17 <\/strong>drug barons and suppliers who were arrested by the Police throughout the country from <strong>08<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0January 2025 <\/strong>to <strong>11<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0February 2025<\/strong>\u00a0:-<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tafadzwa Kagande (37)<\/strong>, of Horning Close, The Grange, Harare was arrested on <strong>08<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>January 2025<\/strong>\u00a0for unlawful possession of 251 kilogrammes of dagga.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wadzanai Siyamachira (38) <\/strong>of 97 Street, Warren Park D, Harare, was arrested on <strong>17<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>January 2025<\/strong>\u00a0for possession of three grammes of Cocaine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yeukai Sandra Bangajena (34) <\/strong>of Witchens Farm, Banket was arrested on <strong>22<\/strong><strong><sup>nd<\/sup><\/strong><strong>January 2025<\/strong>\u00a0for unlawful possession of unregistered medicines including, 124 X 10 Iblucap tablets, 15 grammes Epidem Cream, 6 X 120 mls Clairman Lightening Cream, 20 X 10 Ibuprofen, 78 X 2 Cafemol tablets, 6 X 60 ml Paw Paw Lait oil and 20 X10 Doxycycline 100 mg capsules.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Blessing Phiri (27) <\/strong>of Block B 13, Matererini Flats, Mbare, Harare was arrested on <strong>23<\/strong><strong><sup>rd<\/sup><\/strong><strong>January 2025<\/strong>\u00a0for unlawful possession of five grammes of Crystal Meth.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sheena Mugwagwa (36) <\/strong>of Area 16 Dangamvura , Mutare was arrested on <strong>24<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>January 2025 <\/strong>for unlawful possession of 50 grammes of Crystal Meth and 7 X 100 mls of Broncleer Cough Syrup.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kalisto Bisenti (45) <\/strong>of \u00a0Jongwe Road, Mufakose was arrested on <strong>24<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>January 2025<\/strong>\u00a0for unlawful possession of 19 grammes of Crystal Meth.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tatenda Rusere (38) <\/strong>alias<strong>Jack<\/strong>\u00a0of \u00a0Glenview 2, Harare was arrested on<strong>\u00a024<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0January 2025 <\/strong>for possession of 23 grammes of Cocaine.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Morgan Kadungure (26)<\/strong>of Glenwood, Epworth , Harare and <strong>Pride Ezra Madamombe<\/strong>\u00a0of Ushewekunze, Harare were arrested \u00a0on <strong>04<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0February 2025<\/strong>\u00a0at a \u00a0security check point at the 50 kilometre peg along Beitbridge-Masvingo Road for unlawful possession of 34 kilogrammes of dagga.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Masando (39)<\/strong>of Block 4, B4, Nenyere Flats, Mbare, Harare was arrested on <strong>05<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0February 2025<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0for possession of unregistered medicines which include, 30 X 100 ml bottles of Ardco \u2013Salterpyn and 39 X 100ml \u00a0bottles of Broncleer Cough Syrup.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sandra Tirivangani (35) \u00a0<\/strong>of Block 3, B4, Nenyere Flats, Mbare, Harare and<strong>Perpetua Madamombe (30)<\/strong>\u00a0Block 3, B4, Nenyere Flats, Mbare, Harare were arrested on <strong>05<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0February 2024<\/strong>\u00a0for unlawful possession of 136 sachets of skunky dagga.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Naison Takaindisa (37) <\/strong>of Chiedza Township , Karoi and<strong>Necious Chipangura (22) <\/strong>of Orangevale, Harare were arrested on <strong>06<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0February 2025<\/strong>\u00a0for unlawful possession of unregistered medicines \u00a0including 1900 Compound Magnesium Triscilicate tablets, 11 000 Ibuprofen tablets, 3 000 Quick tablets, 800 Kifaru Sildenafil tablets, 1000 Amoxylin 250 mg capsules, 6000 Super Apeti tablets and 12 Gold skin lotion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bezel Munodawafa (35) <\/strong>of Dustin Road,Hillside, Harare was arrested on <strong>07<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0February 2025<\/strong>\u00a0for unlawful possession of three grammes of Crystal Meth.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moleen Mazani (24) <\/strong>of Mazani Homestead, Njikiza, Nyatsime, Chitungwiza was arrested on <strong>10<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>February 2025 <\/strong>for cultivation of five plants of dagga<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wellington Simbarashe John (27) \u00a0<\/strong>of Mugaragunguwo Street, Mufakose, Harare was arrested on <strong>11<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0February 2025<\/strong>\u00a0for \u00a0unlawful possession of Crystal Meth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0reiterates that there is no going back in the fight against drug and substance abuse. The public is urged to continue forwarding information regarding drug barons and suppliers through the National Complaints Desk number (<strong>0242) 703631<\/strong>\u00a0or WhatsApp \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>0712 800 197<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(NYATHI. P)<\/strong>\u00a0Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>Chief Staff Officer <strong>(Press and Public Relations)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>to the<strong>\u00a0Commissioner-General of Police<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police General Headquarters<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police\u00a0names and shames the listed 17 drug barons and suppliers who were arrested by the Police throughout the country from 08th\u00a0January 2025 to 11th\u00a0\u00a0February 2025\u00a0:-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-statements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PRESS STATEMENT: 11TH FEBRUARY 2025 - ARREST OF SUSPECTS FOR DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE COUNTRY - Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8083\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PRESS STATEMENT: 11TH FEBRUARY 2025 - ARREST OF SUSPECTS FOR DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE COUNTRY - Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Republic Police\u00a0names and shames the listed 17 drug barons and suppliers who were arrested by the Police throughout the country from 08th\u00a0January 2025 to 11th\u00a0\u00a0February 2025\u00a0:-\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8083\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-18T07:20:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8083\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8083\",\"name\":\"PRESS STATEMENT: 11TH FEBRUARY 2025 - ARREST OF SUSPECTS FOR DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE COUNTRY - Zimbabwe Republic Police\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-18T07:20:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-18T07:20:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/d81a69846c6967caf1827072f6f8de18\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8083#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8083\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8083#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PRESS STATEMENT: 11TH FEBRUARY 2025 &#8211; 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