{"id":10792,"date":"2025-11-07T13:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=10792"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:54:16","slug":"tanzanian-national-jailed-15-years-for-smuggling-meth-in-truck-lunchboxes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=10792","title":{"rendered":"Tanzanian National Jailed 15 Years for Smuggling Meth in Truck Lunchboxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Venus Charumbira<br>Courts and Crimes Reporter<br>www.zimgbcnews.co.zw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bulawayo \u2013 A 44-year-old Tanzanian man, Sleiman Amour, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Bulawayo High Court after he was convicted of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, a dangerous and highly addictive drug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ), the arrest occurred on 23 October 2025 when police officers at a roadblock along the Bulawayo\u2013Plumtree Road stopped a South African registered Man Truck heading towards Plumtree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe truck driver failed to produce a valid temporary import permit, prompting a search\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the inspection, police officers became suspicious of lunchboxes which were wrapped in foil hidden among bags of beans. Amour, who was a passenger, bizarrely opened one of the lunchboxes and started eating spaghetti in an attempt to appear innocent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the statement it further states that thorough search took place which revealed a hidden compartment in the truck&#8217;s roof, concealing more lunchboxes packed with methamphetamine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver and another passenger fled the scene, but Amour was immediately arrested. The truck was seized and has since been forfeited to the State as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have warned that Zimbabwe is taking a tough stance against drug trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Drug abuse and trafficking are destroying lives and communities across the country, the law is watching and punishment will be severe,&#8221;said the authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As this case unfolds,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It underscores the growing threat of international drug smuggling operations using Zimbabwe as a transit route.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It reveals that drug trafficking is not just a legal issue, but a community crisis that affects lives, health, and safety.<br>\u2060<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a warning to the public and potential traffickers that drug crimes carry heavy consequence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Zim GBC News for Updates \u200e\ud83d\udcf1 WhatsApp\/Hotline: +263 773 820 323 \u200e\ud83c\udf10 Website: www.zimgbcnews.co.zw \u200e\ud83d\udcd8 Facebook: Zim GBC News \u200e\ud83d\udc26 X (Twitter): @ZimGBCNews \u200e\ud83d\udcf8 Instagram: @ZimGBCNews \u200e\u25b6\ufe0f YouTube: Zim GBC News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u200eZimGBCNews | Global News From An African Perspective\u00a9\ufe0f2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venus CharumbiraCourts and Crimes Reporterwww.zimgbcnews.co.zw Bulawayo \u2013 A 44-year-old Tanzanian man, Sleiman Amour, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Bulawayo High Court after he was convicted&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-court-and-crime-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10794,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10792\/revisions\/10794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}