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The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) on the Copperbelt has arrested a Tanzanian national for drug trafficking.
Tukae Sefu Kilufya a female, aged 47 has been formally charged and arrested for Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs contrary to section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act Number 35 of 2021 of the Laws of Zambia.
DEC Public Relations Officer Hussein Khan confirmed in a statement on Friday that Kilufya was intercepted by DEC officers at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe Airport in Ndola as she was en route to Tanzania from Brazil.
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She was profiled at the Airport and later expelled 75 pellets of cocaine (weighing 1.5 kilogrammes) she had swallowed
She is detained in lawful custody and will appear in court soon.
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