By Staff Reporter
Police in Kasungu are keeping in custody a 43-year-old Florence Mhura and two others for allegedly human trafficking to Mzimba where the victims ended up working as tenants
Mhura was arrested on May 11, 2022 at Chisazima roadblock around 17:00 hours when she was travelling on a Toyota Hiace registration number CP 5260 with 20 passengers on board.
When she was asked about the passengers she failed to explain, one of the passengers identified as Frank Langiton revealed that they were tenants from Mzimba heading Dedza.
Later Mhura was arrested for trafficking in persons and together with the passengers were taken to Kasungu Police for questioning.
It is at the station where they revealed that they were being repatriated to their homes after being paid K20,000 each for the past growing season.
Two men working as guards at Luviri Estate identified as Luke Ngoma, 28, and Robert Banda, 36, were arrested in connection to the offence.
Mhura will appear before court soon to answer the charge of trafficking in persons contrary to section 14 of Trafficking in Persons Act number 3 of 2015. While the two guards will answer the charge of aiding to commit an offence of trafficking in persons contrary to section 21 (1) part C of the same Act.
Mhura hails from Mabuchi Village, Traditional Authority Mbelwa in Mzimba District.
