A NURSE at
Fishock Home Nursing Services located in Cape Town South Africa was nabbed at
the Harare International Airport while attempting to smuggle 12 kilograms of a
drug believed to be used to neutralise cocaine.
Leontiana
Sims was arrested and taken to the Harare magistrates’ court after she was
found with 12kgs of Ephedrine worth US$36 000.
Ephedrine is
believed to be used by drug peddlers to neutralise cocaine.
The
31-year-old nurse admitted to the charges when she appeared before magistrate
Lazini Ncube, who slapped her with an effective six months jail-term.
Prosecutor
Francesca Mukumbiri had it that on March 18 this year at around 5pm detectives
from CID Drugs and Narcotics received a tip off that from ZIMRA officials that
there was a woman, who was coming from India with suspicious luggage.
Detectives
intercepted Sims, made a search and found 12 sachets that were stashed in a
T-Shirt.
The
detectives took the 12 sachets for testing and results showed that it was
Ephedrine.
Sims was
then arrested for contravening sections of the Medicines and Allied Substances
Control (general) Regulations since she had no license authorising her to carry
such drug.
Magistrate
Ncube ordered that the Ephedrine be forfeited to the State.
(H-Metro)
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