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Dating
The article was published on 16 October 2026 and says the two men "appeared in court this week", without a day. The item uses the day of publication. The article gives the arrest as "February 23, 2026".
Category
The item records a court outcome, as the live news items on court sentences do, so it is recorded as Policy.
Source discrepancies
The headline says "three drug dealers over 80kg mbanje and crystal meth consignments". The body describes separate cases: two men sentenced to six years for 80 kilograms of mbanje, and a third person sentenced to 18 months for "seven sachets of methamphetamine". Only the mbanje case is recorded.
Place
The arrest was "near the auction floors along the Harare-Masvingo Highway" and the case was heard by a Harare magistrate. The article does not locate the auction floors more closely.
Map pin
The pin is Harare (Wikidata Q3921) as an administrative seat. It does not mark the arrest or the court.
These notes were recorded when the news item was prepared. Éloise 23:20, 5 November 2026 (+07)