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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Government would like to clarify media reports doings the rounds on social media that Science and Technology Minister Felix Matati has been arrested for drug trafficking related offences by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC).<\/p>\n

The correct position is that, the Felix Mutati being referred to in the matter, is a different individual bearing similar names with the Minister. The nation may be interested to note that the Minister is currently away on duty in North Western province.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Government would like to clarify media reports doings the rounds on social media that Science and Technology Minister Felix Matati has been arrested for drug trafficking related offences by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC). The correct position is that, the Felix Mutati being referred to in the matter, is a different individual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":57347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-57348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nMINISTER FELIX MUTATI NOT INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE- GOVT - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Government would like to clarify media reports doings the rounds on social media that Science and Technology Minister Fe ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/minister-felix-mutati-not-involved-in-drug-trafficking-case-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MINISTER FELIX MUTATI NOT INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE- GOVT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Government would like to clarify media reports doings the rounds on social media that Science and Technology Minister Fe ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/minister-felix-mutati-not-involved-in-drug-trafficking-case-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-03T20:55:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-03T21:10:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2024\/02\/sm_1706981832.081431.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/minister-felix-mutati-not-involved-in-drug-trafficking-case-govt#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/minister-felix-mutati-not-involved-in-drug-trafficking-case-govt\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"MINISTER FELIX MUTATI NOT INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE- GOVT\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-03T20:55:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-03T21:10:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/minister-felix-mutati-not-involved-in-drug-trafficking-case-govt\"},\"wordCount\":99,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/minister-felix-mutati-not-involved-in-drug-trafficking-case-govt#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2024\/02\/sm_1706981832.081431.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/minister-felix-mutati-not-involved-in-drug-trafficking-case-govt#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/minister-felix-mutati-not-involved-in-drug-trafficking-case-govt\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/minister-felix-mutati-not-involved-in-drug-trafficking-case-govt\",\"name\":\"MINISTER FELIX MUTATI NOT INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE- GOVT - 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