His accomplice, Phyllis Mufandaedza (36), of Masekesa, was
also sentenced to five years imprisonment last week.
Her Toyota Noah Voxy vehicle, which was used during the
commission of the crime, was forfeited to the State.
Munhukwaye was convicted after a full trial, while
Mufandaedza pleaded guilty to possession of 190kg of mbanje when she appeared
in court last week. In defence, Munhukwaye said he was not aware that the sacks
he was carrying contained dagga. The court, however, found him guilty after
noting a lot of inconsistencies in his statements.
Prosecutor Moreblessing Rusere told the court that on
February 1, 2021 at around 3pm, Assistant Inspector Etwell Ngara received a
tip-off that there was dagga at some premises at Masekesa business centre.
On the same day at around 11pm, the police stormed the
house and recovered a packet of loose dagga which was on top of a wardrobe in
one of the rooms.
They interrogated Cynthia Mhuriro after finding her in the
house, and she implicated Mufandaedza.
She told the police that Mufandaedza had been taken by
police detectives from Chiredzi, who were driving a Toyota Hilux GD-6 Revo, and
the police seized the dagga.
The police left the house and on their way to Chiredzi,
they spotted a silver Toyota Noah Voxy vehicle along the Ngundu-Tanganda
Highway which was being driven by Munhukwaye, with Mufandaedza on the passenger
seat.
The police became suspicious and followed it, but
Munhukwaye sped off after noticing that he was being followed, leading to a
high-speed chase.
On approaching Ndali turn-off at Rupangwana, he turned into
Ndali Road, drove for about 200 metres before making a U-turn and driving back
to the Ngundu-Tanganda Highway with the police in hot pursuit.
He allegedly sped past a police roadblock, but was
eventually cornered and arrested together with Mufandaedza. Newsday
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