Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:38:18 +0000 By Jackson Mapapayi A National Service (ZNS) officer was forced to fire in the air to disperse an irate and unruly crowd of maize smugglers that was intent on lynching him for interrupting their maize smuggling activity in Mushindano’s Kipushi village in North-Western Province. The officer fired live ammunition in a bid to escape from mob justice while carrying out his duties inspecting houses which were reported to have been turned into warehouses for storage of maize and mealie meal meant for smuggling to some neighbouring country. The ZNS officer was amongst others on operations inspecting houses that were suspected to have been turned into warehouses for maize and mealie meal. Mushindamo District Commissioner Bensin Ngambo confirmed with the Daily Nation that a ZNS officers survived mob justice while checking on homes that were reported to have been stalking maize and mealie meal in readiness for smuggling. […]
