By ADRIAN MWANZAFIVE people in NorthWestern Province have been arrested for money laundering activities involving over K5, 500, 000. The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) also nabbed three individuals for stealing mixed mineral ore weighing 13 kilograms from Kansanshi Mines.DEC Public Relations Officer Mathias Kamanga has identified the three as Thomas Kabeta 37, Derrick Mutti Wakungoli 37 and Catherine Chilekwa aged 57, all business people from Solwezi. Mr Kamanga said the three who were partners in KMC Minerals Technologies on dates unknown but between January 1, 2021 and October 4, 2021 with other persons unknown, stole the mixed minerals from Kansanshi Mines. He said the trio later hid at a plot in Weigh Bridge area in Solwezi. “The suspects further traded in minerals without a permit from the Ministry of Mines and received various payments amounting to over K2.5 million through Thomas Kabeta’s account at a named bank,” he said. Mr Kamanga also disclosed that DEC charged […]
DEC NABS 5 OVER MONEY LAUNDERING
