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The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested and jointly charged four (04) management staff of Kechas General Dealers of Kabwe for obtaining goods by false pretences and issuing cheques on an insufficiently funded account.

Kemmy Chaande, 44, of C3 ZSIC Flats Kabwe, Eneya Mbolela Chaande, 36, of C3 ZSIC Flats Kabwe, Elias Phiri, 44, of 16 Mukonchi Road Kabwe, and Adam Jere, 33, of House No. 81 Mujimanzobvu, Kabwe, have been arrested and jointly charged for obtaining goods worth K465, 260,005 from M.M Integrated Steel Mills Limited on the pretence of honouring a 25 days credit period.

The four (04) are, further, believed to have issued nine (09) cheques amounting to K566, 207,617 to M.M Integrated Steel on an insufficiently funded account. The four suspects are on police bond and will appear in court soon.

Meanwhile, the Commission, in collaboration with Zambia Police in Eastern Province, has arrested and jointly charged four (04) teachers for being in possession of counterfeit notes.

Chiwama Brian, 40, a teacher at Chisale Day Secondary School, Benard Ngulube, 33, a teacher at Chisale Day Secondary School, David Longwe, 39, a teacher at Katete Boma Basic School, and Enock Phiri, 38, a teacher at Katete Boma Basic School, have been arrested and jointly charged for being in possession of K9,000,000 kwacha counterfeit notes.

The Commission is saddened at the increase in the number of people possessing and transacting in counterfeit notes. We wish to warn members of the public to desist from engaging in such vices as the law will visit them sooner. Members of the public are also urged to be familiar with features of the genuine currency.

Samuel Silomba Acting Public Relations Officer Drug Enforcement Commission