The First Grade Magistrateâs Court in Dowa has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 3 years in prison for being found in possession of bags of cannabis.
The court through state prosecutor Sergeant Joseph Banda heard that the convict Mike Ruben committed the offence on March 8, 2021 at Nalunga Trading Centre after being found in possession of four bags of cannabis weighing 80 kilograms.
Appearing before court, the convict pleaded guilty to a charge of found in possession of Indian Hemp without a license.
In his submission, state prosecutor Sergeant Joseph Banda asked the court for a stiff punishment to send as a warning to other would-be offenders, though the convict is a first offender.
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A 24-year old man is in police custody at Dowa Police Station for allegedly being found in possession of Indian Hemp commonly known as Chamba without a licence.
The suspect, Mike Ruben, committed the offence on Monday, March 8, 2021 at Nalunga Trading Centre in Dowa after being found in possession of four bags of Chamba weighing 80 kilograms.
On this particular day, one of the police officers was at Nalunga Trading Centre on general observation hence he became with two motorcycles stopping at the trading centre carrying four bags containing unknown things.
Then one pillion passenger disembarked from the one of the motorcycles.