DRUG Enforcement Commission Director General Nason Banda says the Commission has never received any instructions from President Hakainde Hichilema to arrest anybody. And Banda says the commission will soon announce some high profile forfeitures which it has secured in the last few months. In an interview, Banda said while the Commission was obliged to brief President Hichilema on its activities given he is the Commander-in-Chief, the Head of State never interferes with their work. “We have been having assertions that perhaps as law enforcement agencies we are getting instructions from the political leaderships, sometimes the President is mentioned. Now, I want to confirm one thing, speaking from my organisation, the Drug Enforcement Commission, as DEC we don’t get instructions from...

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