Police in
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday arrested Tanzanian actress and Diamond
Platinumz’s ex girlfriend Wema Sepetu for allegedly being involved in drug
trafficking.
Wema Sepetu
was arrested alongside 10 other suspects including Tanzanian celebrities singer
TID, Dogo Hamidu, and Babuu wa Kitaa, a radio presenter at a popular Tanzanian
FM station-Cloud FM.
Edaily
reports that Dar es Salaam police boss Simon Sirro said the operation to arrest
the suspected drug-traffickers began Friday. Five people were apprehended, and
the additional 12 arrested Saturday
brings total
number of suspected drug-traffickers currently in police custody to 17.
Sepetu and
the other suspects will be allowed to record statements, before subsequent
investigations get underway.
Meanwhile,
according to Kenyan news media Tuko, Tanzanian police has also summoned Diamond
Platinumz to appear come Monday, February 6, to answer to matters related to
drug trafficking.
Diamond was
summoned alongside other celebrities like former BBA winner Idris Sultan,
singer Nay wa Mitego and MP Azan Zungu.
Diamond is
currently married to Zari Hassan, a celebrity from Uganda who divorced her
husband with whom they sired three boys. Zari has two children, a girl and a
boy who are both less than two years old with Diamond.
(Lailasblog)
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