FOUR Mtendere men have appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to trafficking in psychotropic and narcotic substances. Amos Mwanza, 44, Luckson Charewa, 19, Mathews Mwanza, 19, and Omega Mukuka, 19, are facing two counts of trafficking in psychotropic and narcotic substances. In count one, it is alleged that Amos Mwanza, Luckson Charewa, Mathews Mwanza and Omega Mukuka, on November 19, 2023, in Lusaka did traffic in psychotropic substances namely 0.8 grams of diazepam without authority. In the second count, it is alleged that Amos Mwanza, Luckson Charewa, Mathews Mwanza and Omega Mukuka, on the same date, did traffic in narcotic drugs namely 1.32 g of heroin. When the matter came up for allocation before Chief Resident...

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