DEC officer testifies in Kalimanshi’s trafficking case

THE state has closed its case in a matter in which PF cadre Innocent Kalimanshi and 27 others are facing charges of drug trafficking, unlawful use of a vehicle and possession of offensive weapons. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges. When the matter came up for trial before Magistrate Sanford Ngobola, Tuesday, Drug Enforcement Commission investigating officer Henry Ngalasa, 36, testified that the commission received information that unknown people were terrorising Chawama residents and abusing controlled drugs. Ngalasa told the court that DEC together with other law enforcement agencies assembled at DEC offices before proceeding to Chawama, where an undercover agent identified the house where the unknown persons were. He said upon reaching the house and before the...