Tanzania Police has
nabbed a Member of Parliament for Kishapu constituency, Suleiman Nchambi, in unlawful
possession of 16 guns and some kilograms of unidentified wild animal’s meat.
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| Member of Parliament for Kishapu constituency, Suleiman Nchambi |
The Shinyanga Regional Police
Commander, Debora Magiligimba told reporters here yesterday that the Member of
Parliament was arrested on Sunday May 3 at his home in Lubaga area, Shinyanga
municipality.
The commander said that the arrest of
the lawmaker was made by the Criminal Investigations Department task force led
by detective, David Msangi and wildlife officer, Perfect Mbwambo.
The MP who is also the member of ruling
party (CCM) was found with 16 weapons, which he was using to conduct illegal
hunting at Negezi in Kishapu District, using a Nissan Hard-top with
registration number T 760 DSD, the RPC specified.
“The task force searched his house and
found 16 weapons and 35kg of alleged bush meat kept in a freezer. They also
found a shotgun with registration number 46092 kept in a car,” she elaborated.
In his bedroom, detectives found 15 weapons
identified as Airgun-Tzcar 87342, Tzcar 63729 Rifle, Tzcar 77325 Rifle, Tzcar
87636 Markiv, Tzcar 65673 Rifle, Tzcar 72731 Rifle and Tzcar 87342 Airgun.
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| Shinyanga Regional Police Commander, Debora Magiligimba, displaying the weapons to reporters |
Others were Tzcar 53933 Rifle, Airgun
Cz 455 Rifle, Cz 537-2 Rifle, 978836- Mod 151 Shotgun and Pistol Browning
number 061738.
“The suspect was also found with 536
rounds of ammunition.” Commander Magiligimba further noted.
Preliminary investigations show that
ten out of the 16 weapons were illegally owned.
“We have already sent samples of
the meat to the Chief Government Chemist to find out if it is normal or bush
meat,” she said.
She said that the suspect will be taken
to court to face charges and warned other people to stop engaging in criminal
acts which include possessing illegal weapons contrary to the law of the land. - Africa
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