A 26-year-old man from Highfields, Harare, has
been jailed for two years after being found guilty
of illegally dealing in dangerous drugs.
Fortune Tendai Kasina was convicted by the
Mbare Magistrates’ Court after admitting to
baking and distributing cannabis-laced cookies
which were consumed by schoolchildren.
His co-accused, 20-year-old Leenkan
Zvikomborero Muzanechita denied the charges
and remains in remand prison awaiting trial.
The case came to light on 21 August when a
police officer at Machipisa Police Station
received a tip-off that pupils at First Choice
College in Highfields were intoxicated after
eating the drug-laced cookies.
Police attended the scene, interviewed the
students and were led to Muzanechita who in
turn implicated Kasina as the manufacturer.
Offcers recovered 20 prepared ganja cookies, a
sachet of soda, baking powder and a plastic bag
containing an unidentified powder.
Kasina pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
three years in jail with one year suspended
leaving him to serve an effective two years
behind bars.
Magistrates warned that drug offences were a
growing menace in communities and pledged
that offenders would face the full force of the
law.
