Times Of Swaziland: 11 WOMEN AMONG 14 HELD FOR DAGGA

11 WOMEN AMONG 14 HELD FOR DAGGA
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BY JOSEPH ZULU AND MELISA MSWELI on 15/04/2020 01:09:00


MBABANE – It looks like people are ‘criminally’ busy while on lockdown.
This, because quite a number of people were arrested for being found in
possession of dagga while others were apprehended after they were found hunting
and in possession of animal skins.
During the Easter holidays, 14 people were arrested for being found in
possession of dagga in different places around the country.
Worth noting is that 11 of the 14 are women.
In one of the incidents, Pigg’s Peak police arrested and charged six women for
being found in possession of dagga weighing 132kg with a street value of E105
600 while at Mganda area.
Possession
Also, Siteki police arrested and charged five people for being found in
possession of dagga weighing 19.26kg with a street value of E15 408 while at
KaLanga. Among the five, two were women.
Three women of KaMzizi were also arrested by the police for being found in
possession of dagga. Two women aged 62 and 40 years were found in possession of
72.32kg of dagga with a street value of E57 856, while a 31-year-old woman was
found with dagga weighing 119.454kg with a street value of E95 563.20, both
without a licence or permit.
On a different note, three men aged 18, 34 and 22 years of kaShewula were found
in possession of a bushbuck carcass, four zebra hooves, a tail and a piece of
skin of a wildebeest while at Jamehlungwini (Shewula) area.
Mafutseni police on the other hand arrested and charged a 49- year-old man of
Endlovini for hunting and killing Inyala while at Ngogola Panata Farm.
The same police also arrested and charged two men aged 49 and 24 of Endlovini
and Siweni respectively for being found in possession of four skins of red Duker
(Insumpe), steenbok (Lingcina) and bushbuck without a licence or permit.
On another note, four people died in different incidents this Easter holidays.
The figures reflect a decrease compared to the previous year.
Last year, there were six people who died due to road accidents while two burnt
to death inside a house.
Pedestrians
Two of the four people who died this year were both pedestrians and were knocked
down by motor vehicles last  Friday.
In the first accident, a 13-year-old boy of Ntabamhloshana was knocked down by a
Toyota sedan which was driven by a 50-year-old man of Big Bend.
The boy is said to have been rushed to Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital after
sustaining serious injuries.
He was, however, certified dead by a medical doctor upon arrival.
The accident happened at around 6:30pm along the Siphofaneni/Hhelehhele MR8
Public Road near Ntabamhloshana.
On the same day, about half an hour later along Sihhoye/Nyokeni Public Road, a
Nissan truck that was driven by a 56-year-old man of Nkambeni knocked down a
41-year-old pedestrian of Mbangazwe, who sustained serious injuries on the head.
The man was rushed to Good Shepherd Hospital where he was certified dead upon
arrival.
Meanwhile, a 48-year-old man of Makhamathu (Mashobeni) died after being stabbed
several times with a sharp object in the head and body while at Makhamathu.
It could not be established, however, if the people involved in the man’s
death were apprehended by the police.
Moreover, last Saturday, two security rangers shot two men who were found
hunting at Bar J Farm.
One of the men was reported to have died on the spot while the other was
admitted to Good Shepherd Hospital.
Mafutseni police on the other hand, arrested and charged a man aged 24, of
Siweni, for being found in possession of a 12 bore short gun loaded with eight
live rounds of ammunition while at Endlovini.