THE Drug Enforcement Commission in Southern Province has arrested three people, among them a 77-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman of Gwembe District for trafficking in loose cannabis and unlawful cultivation of fresh cannabis plants. Meanwhile, two men of Ndeke Compound and two students at a named college in Ndola have been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, but suspended for 36 months, for trafficking in 16 sachets of heroin, and 1.6 Kilograms of loose cannabis, respectively. According to a statement issued by DEC Public Relations Officer Mathias Kamanga, Tuesday, the Commission had arrested a female aged 45 years of Siamududa Village in Gwembe District for trafficking in 35 Kilograms of loose cannabis and cultivating 2.68 tons of fresh cannabis plants....

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