BULAWAYO
–
A
39-year-old
man
from
Bulawayo’s
Matsheumhlope
suburb
has
been
jailed
for
unlawful
possession
of
crystal
methamphetamine
worth
US$6,000
following
a
months-long
police
investigation
into
his
drug
dealing
operations.
Pigors
Tyron
Siegfried
was
sentenced
to
eight
years
imprisonment
by
Bulawayo
magistrate
Sibonginkosi
Mnkandla
on
Tuesday.
The
court
conditionally
suspended
three
years
of
the
sentence,
leaving
him
to
serve
an
effective
five
years.
He
was
arrested
in
March
this
year
after
detectives
raided
his
home,
where
they
recovered
nearly
2kg
of
crystal
meth
hidden
in
a
Lobel’s
biscuit
box,
a
Puma
sneaker
box,
a
dictionary-shaped
safe,
and
a
large
blue
metal
trunk
in
his
bedroom.
Officers
also
seized
two
small
measuring
scales
used
to
package
the
drugs.
National
police
spokesperson
Commissioner
Paul
Nyathi
said
Siegfried
had
been
under
surveillance
since
February.
“Police
acted
on
information
they
received
about
the
suspect
dealing
in
drugs.
They
pounced
on
him
at
his
residence,
where
they
discovered
the
drugs
in
his
bedroom.
The
confiscated
substance
tested
positive
for
crystal
meth,”
Nyathi
said.
He
added
that
investigations
were
ongoing
to
identify
Siegfried’s
supply
network
and
possible
accomplices.
Nomthandazo
Mafu
prosecuted.