Sun, 05 Mar 2017 09:46:01 +0000 By ROGERS KALERO POLICE in Kitwe yesterday arrested and detained 35 Salaula street vendors for riotous behaviour when they tried to return to the city corridors after the council had removed them almost two months ago. Copperbelt Police Chief Charity Katanga confirmed the arrest of the vendors and said they have been detained at Kitwe Central Police Station. Ms Katanga said, out the 35 vendors arrested and detained, 25 were women and the rest were men. “Around 11.00hours, a marketeer identified as Bana Mpundu went into Chisokone market and told the vendors that she had received information from Lusaka that the vendors had been allowed to go back to the city corridors, “When council police tried to remove them from the city corridors, the vendors resisted until the State Police moved in. So 35 vendors have been arrested and detained at Kitwe Central Police Station,” Ms Katanga said. […]
