News:2026-11-02/Enforcement/police-find-239-dagga-plants-at-homesteads-in-nduku-and-negwani-villages-chipinge-district

NewsEnforcement2 November 2026

Police find 239 dagga plants at homesteads in Nduku and Negwani villages, Chipinge District

The Herald, citing Manicaland police, reported that officers travelling through Nduku Village in the Chief Mutema area found 213 dagga plants, about 1.4 metres tall, in a garden at a homestead, and found 26 more in a garden at Negwani Village. Two people were arrested. The state withdrew the charge against the woman at whose homestead the first plants stood after her plea, and the man pleaded guilty and awaits sentence. The article does not date the discovery.

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PlaceChipinge DistrictManicaland ProvinceZimbabwe

AgencyZimbabwe Republic Police

Plants eradicated239

Approximate location-20.55, 32.43

Quantities as reported by the source.

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2026-11-02 Enforcement Police find 239 dagga plants at homesteads in Nduku and Negwani villages, Chipinge District The Herald, citing Manicaland police, reported that officers travelling through Nduku Village in the Chief Mutema area found 213 dagga plants, about 1.4 metres tall, in a garden at a homestead, and found 26 more in a garden at Negwani Village. Two people were arrested. The state withdrew the charge against the woman at whose homestead the first plants stood after her plea, and the man pleaded guilty and awaits sentence. The article does not date the discovery. https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/chipinge-villagers-nabbed-for-cultivating-dagga/ Zimbabwe Manicaland Province Chipinge District 20° 33' 0.00" S, 32° 25' 48.00" E jurisdiction centre Zimbabwe Republic Police 239