By Paul Shalala
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| Bright KAFULA a.k.a. Kamasu |
A suspected drug baron who authorities believe is the main supplier of marijuana to most criminal gangs in Kitwe has
been re-arrested by Police.
28 year old Bright Kafula, who is
popularly known as Kamasu, was on Wednesday re-arrested after being given a
suspended sentence for trafficking in psychotropic substances by the Kitwe
Magistrates' Court.
Kafula was arrested a week ago with
6 kilograms of marijuana but when the case went to court, he was charged for
trafficking in 6 grams.
Initially, he accepted having been
found with the marijuana in his house and pleaded guilty.
On Tuesday, Kitwe Magistrate
Dominic Lesa sentenced Kafula to two months imprisonment with hard labour but he
suspended the sentence for 24 months.
Magistrate Lesa convicted him after
he pleaded guilty to trafficking in psychotropic substances contrary to Section
six of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act Chapter 96 of the
Laws of Zambia.
In Mitigation, Kafula pleaded
with the court for leniency saying he was a married man and had children who
would suffer if he is jailed.
"I will not repeat the act
again," said Kafula who spoke in Bemba.
However, Magistrate Lesa noted that the accused was a first offender and gave him a suspended sentence
of 24 months.
Facts before the court are that
Police officers found the accused with 51 rolls of marijuana at the time
of his arrest.
The suspended sentence means that
he will serve the sentence at home and he should not commit any crime in the
coming 24 months.
But Police officers on Wednesday
arrested Kafula with the hope of taking him back to court to face the law
again.
Police are arguing that the suspect
must answer for the 6 kilograms he was found with, not the 6 grams he faced in
court.
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| The marijuana which was found in Kafula's house |
"How was he tried in court for
6 grams of marijuana when the officers found him with 6 kilograms? What
happened to the evidence the Police took to court?" said Copperbelt
Police Commissioner Charity Katanga in a telephone interview.
She argues that the case which was
sent to the Police did not portray the actual facts the Police found in
Kafula's house.
"Police weighed those drugs
and it was 6 KGs, not the 6 grams which he was facing in court. So we have
apprehended him and he will appear in the High Court tomorrow so that the case can be reviewed," said Mrs Katanga.
On 22 May, Police officers were
tipped that Kafula was hiding Mwamba Siame also known as Mayweather, a top
commander of the Tokota Boys gang who has been on the Police’s Most Wanted List
for over a month.
However, Police officers did not
find Mayweather, they ended up finding drugs and arresting Kafula.
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