Lydia Koto
A 26 year-old man Case Mutongo has been jailed for 18 months after being convicted of possessing 2,288 grammes of dagga by a Masvingo magistrate on October 11, 2022.
Mutongo was initially sentenced to 24 months by Magistrate Phillip Makodo.
Six months of the initial sentence were suspended on condition that Mutongo does not commit a similar offence over the next five years.
The state represented by prosecutor Nixon Chamisa alleged that on October 7, 2022 at around 2000 hours, police detectives on patrol in Mucheke suburb received a tipoff that Mutonga was in possession of dagga.
Police detectives reacted swiftly to the tip off and found Mutongo near Gomba Shopping Centre in Runyararo carrying a black monarch bag. Detectives introduced themselves to Mutongo and started searching him.
He was found in possession of one sachet of loose dagga in the back pocket of his trousers.
The detectives immediately arrested Mutongo and he was escorted to his house at 7628 Victoria Range in Masvingo where a plastic bag of loose dagga was further recovered concealed in a blanket.
Mutongo pleaded guilty to the charges.
