He was arrested at the Robert Mugabe International Airport
attempting to smuggle 3kgs of heroin worth $3.4 million in April.
He appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje
yesterday.
But, the State applied to have the matter postponed until
July 18, citing difficulties in securing an interpreter.
Peterson’s lawyers served notice that if the State does not
secure the attendance of an interpreter, they will file an application for
refusal of further remand.
It is alleged that on April 8, detectives from CID Drugs
received information that Peterson was in possession of drugs, which he
intended to smuggle to Myanmar.
The detectives went to all airline offices at the country’s
main airport to check which airline he had checked in with.
The State said the cops found out that he had been rejected
by Qatar Airways because he didn’t have a visa to Myanmar.
The police found Peterson in the departure lounge with a
trolley loaded with two suitcases.
The police requested to search his bags and they recovered
the heroin from one of the bags. H Metro
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