Source: Court fines Chinese nationals US$150 for cocaine possession – Zimbabwe News NowHARARE – Nine Chinese nationals arrested for cocaine possession in Harare walked free on Friday after being fined just US$150 each, a sentence that has triggered outrage over the judiciary’s soft approach to drug offences. Magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe convicted the group but ruled that the quantities of cocaine recovered were “insignificant,” saying a harsher penalty was not justified. Inside, police found the Chinese nationals split between two lounges, sniffing cocaine off a wooden tray with a golden playing card. Investigators also recovered crystal meth, benzodiazepam and sachets of cocaine worth more than US$1,000. The outcome has raised eyebrows in Zimbabwe, where drug abuse is surging and authorities have vowed to crack down on international cartels.