Police in Bulawayo have recovered dangerous drugs with an estimated street value of more than US$26 000 after suspects allegedly fled by jumping over a perimeter wall during an early morning raid on a house in Newton West.
Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Drugs and Narcotics Unit recovered about 30kg of dagga and hundreds of bottles of banned BronCleer cough syrup during the operation on Sunday.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Nomalanga Msebele said detectives acted on information from members of the public that dangerous drugs were being sold from the house.
“On the 2nd of August 2026 at around 0400 hours, detectives from CID Drugs and Narcotics Bulawayo received information that there were persons dealing in dangerous drugs at a house in Newton West, Bulawayo,” she said.
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Inspector Msebele said detectives kept the property under surveillance before seeing the suspects arrive in a white Honda Vezel.
“Detectives approached the accused persons who were by the gate and upon identifying themselves, the accused persons immediately drove into the yard and locked the gate, then bolted from the vehicle and jumped over the durawall and ran into the nearby bush,” she said.
Police searched the house and recovered 36 cobs of dagga weighing about 30kg, 58 boxes containing 50 bottles each of 100ml BronCleer cough syrup, and a further 447 loose 100ml bottles of the cough syrup.
The drugs were found hidden in a spare bedroom and had a combined street value of US$26,429, according to police.
The Newton West recovery came a day after detectives arrested two Tshabalala residents allegedly linked to another drug trafficking operation in the city.
Inspector Msebele identified the suspects as Annet Sebele, 38, and Fortune Tshabalala, 42.
She said detectives received information on Saturday that Sebele was allegedly operating a drug supply business from her home.
“Detectives proceeded to the said house and arrested her and recovered four cobs of dagga weighing 1.8 kilograms, with a street value of ZiG28,000, which was stashed in the satchel she was carrying, and several empty sachets suggesting packing was in process,” she said.
Inspector Msebele said Sebele later implicated Tshabalala during questioning. Detectives subsequently arrested him at a nearby house believed to have been used as a storage facility.
She thanked members of the public for providing information that led to the arrests.
“We also warn those unlawfully dealing in dangerous drugs that the law will take its course without fear or favour,” she said.
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