June 17, 2023 - There is a story and accompanying photograph of  a Police officer circulating on various social media platforms claiming that Constable Danny Singoyi based at Paramilitary Battalion had applied for the current recruitment in the Defence Force with his name appearing multiple times on the shortlisted candidates.

We would like to clarify and correct this misinformation.

Our officer has been serving deligently in the Police Service and never participated in the ongoing recruitment process of the Defence Force as alleged.

Furthermore, the National Registration Card number seen in the article does not belong to Constable Singoyi.

The author of the article has been contacted and they have expressed their sincere apologies to us as well as to Constable Singoyi for their error.

We appreciate their cooperation in rectifying this situation.

In light of this incident, we kindly request media houses especially social media users to exercise caution and verify the accuracy of information before publishing.

Meanwhile, Police in Lusaka conducted an operation between June 16, 2023, at 18:00 hours to June 17, 2023, at 04:30 hours where  83 persons among them seven females were apprehended for the offence of Idle and Disorderly.

Police in Chelston earlier on June 16, 2023 around 16:00 hours had arrested 12 known dangerous and notorious junkies including a female.

They were found in possession of sachets of suspected marijuana and were handed over to the Drug Enforcement Commission for further Investigations.

All the suspects aged between 16 and 40 are detained in Police custody awaiting to be formally charged.

The operation was conducted in Meanwood Ndeke phases 1 to 4,  Kampasa area, Obama, Kamanga,  Kaunda Square Stages 1 and 2 and PHI area.

We would like to thank members of the public for their continued support in efforts to eradicating junkies in the communities.

Godfrey Chilabi
Assistant Public Relations Officer