Recorder taken ill after inhaling cocaine in court

There was drama at the Harare Magistrates’ Court on Thursday when a court recorder was rushed to hospital after she was suspected of inhaling cocaine which was being examined at the request of the defence counsel of a woman accused of possessing the dangerous drug.

The cocaine was removed from a suitcase by the investigation officer Douglas Makoshori after the accused Veronica Matongo’s lawyer Fredrick Gijima ordered him to test the dangerous drug in court to prove if it was real.

But the court recorder succumbed to the smell and started coughing continuously.

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