In an unconventional ruling, a court in northern Zambia has ordered a university student to write a 50-page essay on the dangers of drugs after he was convicted of planning to sell cakes laced with marijuana.
Chikwanda Chisembele, a first year civil engineering student at the Copperbelt University, was arrested on Monday after it was discovered that he had baked the cannabis cakes.
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As punishment, the Kitwe magistrates’ court ordered the 21-year-old to write the essay.
He was also told to write letters of apology to his university, parents and to the Drug Enforcement Commission before 15 November.
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Chisembele was also given a two-year suspended jail term, meaning that he will not spend any time in jail unless he commits another offence.
Source:Â bbc.com