Woman jailed 15 years for cocaine possession

A MBARE woman has earned herself a 15-year jail term for illegal possession of 2,3kg of cocaine with a street value of $185 464.
Veronica Matongo was sentenced yesterday by Harare magistrate Hosiah Mujaya.

The court heard that on November 23 last year at around 10am, detectives from the Central Investigation Department Drugs and Narcotics unit received information from an anonymous caller that Matongo was dealing in illicit drugs and was on her way to a lodge along Seke Road in the capital.

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