A Harare magistrate has jailed a Brazilian drug dealer Karoline Silver Mafra (23) for seven years after she was convicted of unlawfully dealing with dangerous drugs.
Mafra was jointly charged with two locals, Patience Murinda (32) and her husband Slegfriend Zibusiso Ndlovu (33) who were also slapped with a seven-year jail term.
Harare magistrate Ignatio Mhene suspended two years of the trio’s sentence on the condition of good behaviour.
What transpired:
Mafra and her colleagues were arrested last April at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport after the police received information that the Brazilian was coming to Zimbabwe with drugs.
The couple was at the airport as they were instructed by a Nigerian individual by the name of Bobby to pick up Mafra who was flying in from Brazil.
NewZimbabwe.com reports that the couple was interviewed by the detectives and they led them to their place of residence where the detectives discovered 7 fabric samples from their bedroom.
In-between each fabric sample, there was a transparent plastic which after thorough examination the detectives discovered that it was heroin and they seized it.
The seven seized sachets of heroin were worth over ZW$1.6 million.