{"id":116986,"date":"2026-06-07T07:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/teku-teku-bosses-arrested-for-illegal-alcohol-made-in-filthy-conditions"},"modified":"2026-06-07T07:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:35:17","slug":"teku-teku-bosses-arrested-for-illegal-alcohol-made-in-filthy-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/teku-teku-bosses-arrested-for-illegal-alcohol-made-in-filthy-conditions","title":{"rendered":"Teku Teku Bosses Arrested For Illegal Alcohol Made In Filthy Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed that two directors of Teku Teku Company were arrested for producing illicit alcohol under unhygienic conditions, in violation of health regulations.<\/p>\n<p>According to a ZRP statement, police seized equipment linked to the illegal operation during the arrests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice in Mutare arrested two directors of Teku Teku Company for manufacturing illicit brew under unhygienic conditions and in violation of health regulations,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEquipment used in the illegal operation was recovered. The ZRP urges companies to comply with all legal and health requirements and warns that decisive action will be taken without fear or favour against individuals and companies engaged in peddling dangerous drugs or involved in the manufacturing of illicit substances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an unrelated development, a truck driver, Thapson Ndou, 64, was arrested for smuggling nearly two tonnes of dagga, worth US$210,800, into the country through Beitbridge Border Post. The haulage truck, registration number AGK 0535, has since been seized by police as investigations to identify Ndou\u2019s accomplices continue.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, police in Beatrice arrested Clayton Chapwanya, 36, for unlawful possession of unregistered medicines. Officers recovered 250 bottles of BronCleer cough syrup from the suspect, who had just received the contraband at the Beatrice truck stop.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Police Impound 12 Excavators Found Hidden In Bushes<\/p>\n<p>ZRP Intensifies Nationwide Crackdown On Illegal Explosives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed that two directors of Teku Teku Company were arrested for producing illicit alcohol under unhygienic conditions, in violation of health regulations. According to a ZRP statement, police seized equipment linked to the illegal operation during the arrests. \u201cPolice in Mutare arrested two directors of Teku Teku Company for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":116985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community"],"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>Teku Teku Bosses Arrested For Illegal Alcohol Made In Filthy Conditions - zimbabwe<\/title>\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\/teku-teku-bosses-arrested-for-illegal-alcohol-made-in-filthy-conditions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teku Teku Bosses Arrested For Illegal Alcohol Made In Filthy Conditions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed that two directors of Teku Teku Company were arrested for producing illicit alcohol under unhygienic conditions, in violation of health regulations. 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