Zimbabweans React After Two Men Are Arrested Over 770 Dagga Plants In Chimanimani
Zimbabweans have been reacting after police arrested two men in Chimanimani for cultivating dagga alongside maize crops, with officers recovering 770 dagga plants during the operation.
The suspects, Lovemore Zambasira, 73, and Liberty Maunganidze, 38, were arrested in Ruwaka Village on October 26, 2026.
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Dagga Plants Found Growing Alongside Maize
According to the police, officers discovered 770 dagga plants being cultivated alongside maize crops at the village.
Processed dagga was also recovered during the operation, leading to the arrest of the two men on allegations of unlawful cultivation.
The discovery highlights how the illegal crop was being grown alongside a food crop in the same field.
Zimbabweans React To The Arrests
Some Zimbabweans have called for the legalisation and commercialisation of dagga following the arrest of two men in Chimanimani for allegedly cultivating the plant. They argued that farmers should be allowed to grow it legally and earn a living from the crop, while others questioned its classification as a dangerous drug.
Some also called for the suspects to be released, describing dagga cultivation as farming and arguing that the country should consider changing its approach to the plant. Concerns were also raised about the cost of obtaining a cultivation licence, with some suggesting that the current requirements make legal dagga farming difficult for ordinary farmers.
Here are some of the comments;
@Tafadzwa Maziwisa;
Dont lockup our farmers , give them a license to grow legally.
@Richard Harvey;
Its a natural herb that has been part of that society for 100 years. Time to legalize
@Ba Kim;
Commercialize the herb guys, move with time release dy ganja farmer.
@Nyasha Malunga;
But mbanje shd not be classified as dangerous drugs
@Jason Moyo;
Nothing wrong there, it’s farming mos. Arresting ganja farmers is not on. 
@KD Chikungwa;
Release them what’s the point of locking up people when it’s their right to survive after we have faced so much in history we still haven’t learned what is important.
@Gift Dosipani;
Ini handizive hangu kuti mbanje inonzi drug pakuita sei sharp sharp? Paya hapana drug paya angori mashizha asina kana basa asingadhake futi.
@C NK NY;
If you come to think of it there’s no really legal way of cultivating this stuff munyika ino because wdym panoda $50k for licence ?
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