By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE –

THE DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested 42 people in the infamous Chibolya Township in Lusaka for trafficking in various quantities of cannabis.
DEC and other investigations wings have for the past months raided the township to conduct a cleanup of unlawful drug substances with some of the suspects having been prosecuted and sentenced.
The 42 suspects were arrested on Tuesday after DEC conducted two separate operations in Chibolya.
DEC public relation officer Theresa Katongo disclosed in a statement yesterday that those arrested include Samson Mawele, 24, a garden boy of Chibolya for trafficking in loose cannabis weighing 1.2 killogrammes.
An 18- year -old- boy also of Chibolya was also arrested in the raid for trafficking in 804grammes of loose cannabis.
Others arrested and jointly charged are Memory Sakala, 25, a housewife and Humphrey Banda, 21, of Chibolya Township. They were arrested for trafficking in loose cannabis weighing 2.953kg.
Ms Katongo said Timothy Singoyi, 32, of Kanyama Township was arrested for trafficking in 455grammes of loose cannabis, Kingsley Sisuku, 28, of the same township for trafficking in 192g of cannabis and Victor Kangali, 21, of the same area for trafficking in 168g of loose cannabis.
Meanwhile, the Commission in North Western Province has arrested a peasant farmer Evans Chipango, 25, of M8 area in Kabompo District for trafficking in 1.7kg of cannabis.
Hilary Kamboyi, 28, of Mandandi area in the same district was also arrested for trafficking in 900g of loose cannabis.
The suspects will appear in court soon.