THE Drug Enforcement Commission in Kazungula has arrested a male truck driver for trafficking in 20 boxes containing 960 bottles of Benylin with Codeine. In a statement, DEC Public Relations Officer Allan Tamba said the illicit consignment was being transported from South Africa to Zambia. “The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), has embarked on an accelerated countrywide crusade aimed at combatting drug trafficking activities across Zambia. The exercise is in line with the provisions and aspirations of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act No. 35 of 2021, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime,” he said. “At Kazungula One-Stop-Border Post...

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