Former President Robert Mugabe’s son appears in court on drug charge
The son of Robert Mugabe, former president of Zimbabve, took part in a harae court accused of having drugs.
According to the court documents, 33 -year -old Robert Mugabe JR was arrested on Wednesday morning because it was incorrectly to a one -way street. The police called a black sling bag he wore at that time and found two allegedly two small marijuana.
After the incident, the police said in a statement, “Five people were arrested in a union affiliated to him.”
Mr. Mugabe’s lawyer told the BBC that they planned to reject the charges and objected to the real allegations made by the police.
Ashiel Mugiya said that the drugs were rescued from a car with three more people, and the police found 0.02g marijuana, the police accusation said the police saved 2G and the street value was $ 30 (£ 22).
Mr. Mugabe wore a Joggers and a red hat on his phone while he was taken to the Magistrate Court on Thursday. It was surrounded by people and wasn’t handcuffed.
The court detained Mr. Mugabe, waiting for the guarantee decision on Friday.
Police members allegedly arrested, police, 25 bags of cannabis and six Ecstasy pills found.
Police said they would continue the investigation.
This is not Mr. Mugabe’s first brush with the law. The second child of the former president in 2023 and widow grace In 2023, he was arrested for allegations that he had damaged and spit a police officer at a party in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.
He was released after accepting an out -of -court agreement with his friend, who was his friend.
Former President Mugabe died in 2019 at the age of 95 two years after he had to resign 37 years after the South African country.
In the 1970s, he led the struggle against the white minority rule of what was called Rhodes – but later accused of violence to win elections and destroy the zimbabve economy.
Mugabe SR was replaced by the former right -right Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The relations between the Mnangagwa and the Mugabe family were full of for a long time to betray the President of Zimbabve for a long time.
Grace had the goal of accomplishing her husband, but was left by Mnangagwa’s supporters.
However, Mr. Mugabe JR has been reconciled with Mnangagwa since then and joined a rally in 2022, where he returned to the ruling Zanu-PF party.
