Bolivian national arrested for trafficking cocaine, wrapped in condoms

The Drug Enforcement Commission in Lusaka has arrested a Bolivian national for trafficking in 2.1 Kg of cocaine which was wrapped in condoms concealed in fifty five (55) bottles of roll-on.

DEC Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo says Veizaga Arias Steven, 27, was intercepted at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport upon arrival from Rio de Janeiro via Angola aboard an Angolan Airlines flight.

And, the Commission has also arrested four people for various drug related offences in an operation conducted in Lusaka’s Chibolya Township.

Meanwhile, the Commission in Central Province has arrested eleven people for unlawful cultivation and trafficking in cannabis.