Arcado Ntagazwa
A former minister, Arcado
Ntagazwa (65) and two others on Monday appeared before the Kisutu
Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam charged with obtaining
74.95m/- by false pretence.
State Attorney Ladislaus Komanya
alleged that on October 22, 2009 at Msasani Mikoroshini area in Dar es
Salaam, with intent to defraud, Senator Miselya (60), Ntagazwa and Dr
Webhale Ntagazwa obtained 5,000 caps and 5,000 t-shirts worth 74.95m/-
belonging to Mr Noel Severe.
It is further alleged that the
accused had promised to pay the owner of the said goods within one month
when they knew that they were not speaking the truth. The accused
pleaded not guilty and two of them – Arcado Ntagazwa and Webhale
Ntagazwa – managed to get bail after securing two sureties who signed
12m/- bond each.
The case was adjourned to May 7
for another mention. Meanwhile, a Guinea Bissau national yesterday
appeared before the same court charged with trafficking 1.7 kilogrammes
of heroin worth 57.8m/-. According to the State Attorney Esther Kyalo,
the accused is Alberto Mendez (49), a businessman residing in Bamako,
Mali.
The accused was not allowed to
enter any plea or get bail. The case was adjourned to May 7 for another
mention as police investigations are going on. According to the charge
sheet, it is alleged that on April 15, this year at Julius Nyerere
International Airport, Mendez was found trafficking 1.7 kilogrammes of
heroin from Guinea Bissau to an unknown destination.
By JULIUS BWAHAMA, Tanzania Daily News