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Cannabis suspect flees Zimbabwe road checkpoint

By , based on Daily News (Zimbabwe)

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Zimbabwean police are searching for a suspect who fled on foot after a Honda Fit was stopped at a road checkpoint. Officers found two sacks of cannabis in the vehicle near the 55-kilometre mark on the road from Masvingo to Beitbridge, the Daily News reports.

Zimbabwean police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who abandoned a Honda Fit containing two sacks of cannabis after fleeing a road checkpoint, the Daily News (Zimbabwe) reports.

The vehicle had been stopped at the 55-kilometre mark on the road linking Masvingo and Beitbridge. The suspect fled on foot into nearby bushes after police gave chase, according to the Daily News.

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