Police on drive to wipe out shebeens

Zim Now Writer

Police have launched an operation to weed out shebeens during their campaign against drug and substance abuse.

The police are currently engaged in an operation to arrest drug peddlers in the country.

During the operation, police realised that some drug lords were also selling alcohol without licenses.

Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrest and the recovery.

“The ZRP recovered one 750ml crate of black label beer, 11x750 ml Castle beers, two six packs of Chibuku Super beer, a crate of Chibuku scuds, one sachet of dagga, one stub of dagga, one sachet of omeprazole capsules, one sachet of crystal meth, one bottle of cocollapseyrup, four flu stop capsules and a digital scale. The operator of the tuckshop, Siphelani Ncube, is now being pursued by the police,” Ass Comm Nyathi said.