{"id":103901,"date":"2025-02-04T12:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T10:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-arrests-22-youths-in-chegutu-for-drug-abuse-at-weekend-party"},"modified":"2025-02-12T01:27:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T23:27:54","slug":"zrp-arrests-22-youths-in-chegutu-for-drug-abuse-at-weekend-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-arrests-22-youths-in-chegutu-for-drug-abuse-at-weekend-party","title":{"rendered":"ZRP Arrests 22 Youths In Chegutu For Drug Abuse At Weekend Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Chegutu have confirmed the arrest of 22 youths at a wild party disguised as a birthday celebration held over the weekend, following a tip-off about potential drug abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mashonaland West Provincial acting spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Effort Chapoto, told NewZimbabwe.com that the arrested youths were aged between 15 and 25 years old. He said:<\/p>\n<p>ZRP Chegutu arrested 22 youths aged between 15 to 25 years for convening a party where drugs and substances were abused.<\/p>\n<p>Circumstances are that Tinashe Kamunda (23) of House Number 30160 Rifle Range, Chegutu created some WhatsApp group links where he advertised a birthday concert.<\/p>\n<p>Attendance was on payment of US$2 for boys and US$1 for girls plus an extra US$5 for liquor each. The party was held under closed durawall with music and dances.<br \/>\nPolice received a tip-off that there was suspected drug abuse by youths at a party in Rifle Range. Reacting to the information, ZRP Chegutu raided the house and arrested 15 boys and 7 girls.<\/p>\n<p>Chapoto added that searches conducted around the house led to the discovery of stubs of smoked dagga, unused condoms, liquor, and shisha-smoking equipment. Parents and guardians of the accused were contacted.<\/p>\n<p>Kamunda was charged with disorderly conduct and paid an admission of guilt fine, while the other youths were fined for a lesser charge and released into the custody of their parents.<\/p>\n<p>The police urged parents and guardians to regularly check and confirm their children\u2019s whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>Chapoto also thanked members of the public for providing information that led to the bust, adding that collaboration between the community and the police often yields positive results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Police in Chegutu have confirmed the arrest of 22 youths at a wild party disguised as a birthday celebration held over the weekend, following a tip-off about potential drug abuse. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mashonaland West Provincial acting spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Effort Chapoto, told NewZimbabwe.com that the arrested youths were aged between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":103900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[17806,11188,17805,19],"class_list":["post-103901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-birthday-party","tag-vuzu-party","tag-wild-party","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ZRP Arrests 22 Youths In Chegutu For Drug Abuse At Weekend Party - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police in Chegutu have confirmed the arrest of 22 youths at a wild party disguised as a birthday celebration held over t ...\" \/>\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\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-arrests-22-youths-in-chegutu-for-drug-abuse-at-weekend-party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZRP Arrests 22 Youths In Chegutu For Drug Abuse At Weekend Party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police in Chegutu have confirmed the arrest of 22 youths at a wild party disguised as a birthday celebration held over t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-arrests-22-youths-in-chegutu-for-drug-abuse-at-weekend-party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-04T10:04:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-11T23:27:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1738658958.372809.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"780\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"366\" \/>\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\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-arrests-22-youths-in-chegutu-for-drug-abuse-at-weekend-party#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-arrests-22-youths-in-chegutu-for-drug-abuse-at-weekend-party\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ZRP Arrests 22 Youths In Chegutu For Drug Abuse At Weekend Party\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-04T10:04:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-11T23:27:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-arrests-22-youths-in-chegutu-for-drug-abuse-at-weekend-party\"},\"wordCount\":287,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-arrests-22-youths-in-chegutu-for-drug-abuse-at-weekend-party#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1738658958.372809.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Birthday Party\",\"Vuzu Party\",\"Wild Party\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-arrests-22-youths-in-chegutu-for-drug-abuse-at-weekend-party#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-arrests-22-youths-in-chegutu-for-drug-abuse-at-weekend-party\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-arrests-22-youths-in-chegutu-for-drug-abuse-at-weekend-party\",\"name\":\"ZRP Arrests 22 Youths In Chegutu For Drug Abuse At Weekend Party - 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