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Yeukai Karengezeka, Court Correspondent
THE trial date for M’diwa Chanetsa Mliswa, daughter to politician and village head Temba Mliswa, on a charge of possession of 1,3 grammes of crystal meth, has been set for July 29.
She is being jointly charged with her accomplice Tawanda Chigudu (27) for unlawful possession of dangerous drugs.
The two appeared in court before Harare magistrate Mr Simon Kandiyero yesterday and were given their trial date.
Mliswa (20) is out on bail, but her accomplice has been in custody since February when they made their initial appearance in court.
The State alleged that on February 22 at around midday, detectives from CID Drugs Harare received information that the two were in possession of drugs at a house in Avonlea, Harare.
Detectives searched the house at 1pm and seized one sachet of suspected crystal meth in the dining room under the sofa.
M’diwa and Chigudu were subsequently arrested. A preliminary field test on the seized suspected crystal meth was carried out and it tested positive.
Meanwhile, Harare businessman Neville Mutsvangwa and his two accomplices facing charges of illegal dealing in foreign currency have been further remanded to August 28 after their trial was postponed.
Mutsvangwa is also facing another charge of breaching the Telecommunications Act after he was found in possession of a Starlink router without a licence.
The three were granted US$1 000 bail each by the High Court in May.
Prosecutor Mr Thomas Chanakira sought for a postponement before Harare magistrate Mr Simon Kandiyero pending finalisation of investigations .
Mutsvangwa and his accomplices, Simbarashe Tichingana and Elis Majachani, are facing charges of contravening the Exchange Control Act, that is dealing in foreign currency, unlawful trading in cash and money laundering.
The State said police investigations found out that Mumba Money Transfer, an unregistered company owned and founded by Mutsvangwa, was operating as a money transfer agent at its offices in the CBD and in Mt Pleasant where the accused resides.
The detectives visited Mutsvangwa at his house and he reportedly refused to let them in.
His accomplice, Tichingana, came to the scene and pretended to be a neighbour, but when his phone was searched it showed that it contained some transactions relating to Mumba Money Transfer, leading to his arrest.
The other team of detectives visited the Mumba Money Transfer office in town where Majachani was serving clients.
The police recovered US$3 890 cash, some computers, a register of transactions and Visa cards, among other things.
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