Mliswa chooses ‘tough love’ for daughter arrested on drug possession charges

Former parliamentarian and now village head Temba Mliswa has said he will choose a tough love approach after his daughter m’Diwa Mliswa Chanetsa was arrested in drug possession charges.

Mliswa posted the charge sheet against his 20-year-old daughter, who was arrested along with a 27-year-old male named Tawanda Chigudu, revealing, “One of my daughters, the 3rd born who stays with her mother, was arrested over a drug charge. I have made the tough decision to lay it out here for posterity, clarity and factuality to prevail before the issue is bastardized in the social fora.”

“She is a brilliant kid who has done well at school but in the past has refused to abide by the roadmap I apply to my other kids,” Mliswa further continued about his daughter. “At 18 I sat her down on her future plans but she refused it, even to stay with me. This isn’t to blame her mother but reveal how she is as a child.”

Mliswa said, “If she is a victim of friends then she must find new companions. Rehabilitation may be the way to salvation after this. This is tough love I’m giving as I believe massaging one when they are into drugs can be ultimately fatal in the long run.”

Said the police of the arrest:

On 22 February 2024 at around 1200 hours, Detectives from CID Drugs Harare received information that the accused persons were in possession of drugs at number 35 Colchester, Avonlea Harare.

In pursuant to the supplied information and on the same date at around 1300 hours, detectives proceeded to the supplied address where upon arrival they located the accused persons who were in the house.

The Detectives introduced themselves as Police Officers and highlighted their mission to the accused persons.

Searches were conducted in the house and seized was one sachet of methylenedioxymethamphetamine in the dining room under the sofa. Accused persons were subsequently arrested.

A preliminary field test on the seized suspected methylenedioxymethamphetamine was carried out in the presence of the accused persons and it tested positive.

The methylenedioxymethamphetamine weighs approximately 1.30 grammes with a street value of ZWL $195 000-00.

Mliswa called for stiffer fines against people dealing in drugs ‘including politicians’.

From the charge sheet, police opposed bail.