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Drunken Zambia Police officer mistakenly freed 13 suspects from pr!son

A drunken Zambia Police officer, identified as Detective Inspector Titus Phiri, mistakenly freed 13 suspects from the pr!son.

According to reports, the incident happened on 31 December, 2024.

The officer allegedly seized the keys from constable Serah Banda at the Leonard Cheelo police station in Lusaka before unlocking both male and female cells.

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According to police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga, Phiri, in an intoxicated state, instructed the suspects—who were accused of serious crimes like a§§ault, robb+ry, and b¥rgkary, to leave.

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Out of 15 detainees, 13 escaped; effort has been put in place to get them demanded. Phiri himself fled the scene & has not commented on the matter.

The former presidential spokesperson Dickson Jere reacted to the matter as he found the situation amusing, recalling a similar case from 1997.

At that time, the late High Court Judge Kabazo Chanda ordered the release of 53 suspects who had been detained without trial since 1992, declaring that “justice delayed is justice denied.”

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