Sat, 03 Jun 2017 12:32:56 +0000 By EMMANUEL CHIBULU A MANSA agro dealer is facing charges of being found in possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. Caiaphas Palangwa, a businessman of Senama compound in Mansa, is on trial for being in unlawful possession of 419 bags of fertilizer belonging to Government. He is alleged to have had in his possession 419 x 50 kg bags of fertilizer belonging to Government. Testifying before Mansa Principal Magistrate Boniface Mwiinga, Luapula Province Agricultural Coordinator (PACO) Godwin Chate, 48, of Namwandwe Extension in Mansa, told the court that on April 10 Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) officers visited his office and requested that he educates them on procedure regarding issuance of agricultural inputs under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). Mr Chate said that the officers also wanted to know if he was able to recognize a copy of the letter believed to have originated from […]
