Over 5,400 illegal drug and substance users arrested

The Zimbabwe government says it has made a range of arrests, as it continues its drug and substance abuse eradication campaign.

In a statement to the media as part of the post-cabinet briefing, it revealed

• Since January 2024, about 6 148 people were arrested, 677 were suppliers and 5,471 were end-users. End users made up 88.99% of the arrests.
• A total of 106 illegal drug and substance trading bases were identified, raided and destroyed in Harare, Shamva, Chinhoyi, Bindura, Bulawayo and Mutare.
• Fifty-one liquor outlets were charged for operating without the correct licenses and while 268 operators were also arrested for violating license conditions, and 17 outlets had their licenses cancelled for violating operating conditions.
• A total of 311 countrywide inspections on medicine outlets were conducted and 62 lines of medicines were confiscated.

A lot of focus has bene put on the dealers but it now seems as if the end-users have now been targeted as well.

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