{"id":8142,"date":"2025-03-26T07:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8142"},"modified":"2025-03-26T07:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:53:21","slug":"zrp-press-statement-25th-march-2025-update-on-the-arrest-of-14-suspects-for-unlawful-possession-of-unregistered-medicines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8142","title":{"rendered":"ZRP PRESS STATEMENT : 25TH  MARCH 2025 &#8211; UPDATE ON THE ARREST OF 14 SUSPECTS FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF UNREGISTERED MEDICINES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reference is made to the <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0post on X, WhatsApp and Facebook on the arrest of 14 suspects for unlawful possession of unregistered medicines on <strong>24<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0March 2025.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The suspects are, <strong>Justice Nyika (42), Prosper Maphosa (37), Clarence Ncube (27), Brenda Sango (35), Rumbidzai Chinyamakobvu (38), \u00a0Melany Gutsire (39),Tafadzawa Makwarimbna (36), Charles Kakomwe (34), Rufaro Munyanyi (42), Ephiphania Norest Moyo (43), Beauty Madamombe (52), Mascline Dziva (47), Portia Chimombe(38) <\/strong>and <strong>Tambudzai Shoko (37).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The suspects were arrested after the Police received information that a rigid truck registration number, <strong>AFG 3713<\/strong>\u00a0which was travelling from Bulawayo to Chinhoyi was containing drugs. The truck was intercepted at Murombedzi, Zvimba leading to the arrest of the driver, <strong>Justice Nyika<\/strong>\u00a0and his two assistants, <strong>Prosper Maphosa<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Clarence Ncube<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The driver and the two assistants implicated the other 11 suspects leading to their arrest in Braeside, Harare. Investigations by the Police established that the other 11 suspects were recipients of the consignment.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest led to the recovery of the following unregistered listed unregistered medicines:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>815 boxes of Broncleer<\/li>\n<li>77 boxes of Benyin Cough Syrup<\/li>\n<li>162 boxes of Adeo Salteryn Cough Syrup<\/li>\n<li>44 and half boxes of Astrapane Cough Syrup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0applauds the public for supplying positive information which led to the arrest of the suspects. Members of the public with information regarding drug peddlers or bases across the country should feel free to contact the National Complaints Desk on <strong>(0242) 703631<\/strong>\u00a0or WhatsApp on <strong>0712 800 197<\/strong>\u00a0or report at any nearest Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(NYATHI.P) <\/strong>Commissioner<\/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>Reference is made to the Zimbabwe Republic Police\u00a0post on X, WhatsApp and Facebook on the arrest of 14 suspects for unlawful possession of unregistered medicines on 24th\u00a0March 2025.<\/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-8142","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>ZRP PRESS STATEMENT : 25TH MARCH 2025 - UPDATE ON THE ARREST OF 14 SUSPECTS FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF UNREGISTERED MEDICINES - 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=8142\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZRP PRESS STATEMENT : 25TH MARCH 2025 - UPDATE ON THE ARREST OF 14 SUSPECTS FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF UNREGISTERED MEDICINES - Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reference is made to the Zimbabwe Republic Police\u00a0post on X, WhatsApp and Facebook on the arrest of 14 suspects for unlawful possession of unregistered medicines on 24th\u00a0March 2025.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8142\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-26T07:51:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-26T07:53:21+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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8142\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8142\",\"name\":\"ZRP PRESS STATEMENT : 25TH MARCH 2025 - UPDATE ON THE ARREST OF 14 SUSPECTS FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF UNREGISTERED MEDICINES - Zimbabwe Republic Police\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-26T07:51:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-26T07:53:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/d81a69846c6967caf1827072f6f8de18\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8142#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8142\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8142#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ZRP PRESS STATEMENT : 25TH MARCH 2025 &#8211; 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