The three, Christine Pfunde (47), Faith Ncube (50) and Rita
Mathe (48) were intercepted while they were loading 88 x 50kgs of Compound D
fertiliser into a Harare bound bus from a Toyota Hiace vehicle.
They were arrested by police who have since impounded the
fertiliser, pending further investigations.
It is suspected that the trio was moving around Plumtree
buying fertiliser from various farmers for re-sale in Harare.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul
Nyathi confirmed and warned that those involved in such practices will be
arrested.
“On November 14, 2022, police in Plumtree acted on a
tip-off and arrested Christine Pfunde (47) , Faith Ncube (50) and Rita Mathe
(48) for unlawful purchase and possession of Presidential Agricultural inputs.
“The suspects were intercepted by the Police at Plumtree
town bus terminus while loading 88 x 50kg of Compound D fertilizer into a
Harare bound bus from a Toyota Hiace vehicle,” he said.
Last week, four people were arrested in Chinhoyi and Harare
for unlawfully possessing Presidential farming inputs and then mixing these
with anthill soil granules and selling it in fake bags as tobacco blend
fertiliser.
Some of them were caught red-handed mixing the Windmill
Compound D, Superfert Compound D and Superfert Cotton Blend fertilisers from
the Presidential Inputs Scheme with the useless additives. Herald
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