Footballer Sentenced to Jail for Being in Possession of Illegal Substances

• A promising Zimbabwean footballer will spend time behind bars for the next while
• Harare City player Jerry Chipangura will have enough time to rethink his actions
• He was sentenced to 14 months behind bars after being caught in possession of drugs

Harare City player Jerry Chipangura will have the next 14 months to rethink his life choices.

The 24-year-old was sentenced to jail for being in possession of 40 grams of methylenedioxymethamphetamine, commonly known as MDMA, Ecstasy or mutoriro.

According to The Herald, he had also been charged with the intention of selling the drug. He was arrested in the suburb of Mabvuku in Harare back in June of this year.

According to PressReader, he became the second high-profile Zimbabwean footballer to be arrested this year for possessing illegal substances.

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Retired player and former Gunners FC star Nathan Ziwini was arrested for being in possession of $10 000 worth of methamphetamine. This also occurred in the Zimbabwean capital in June.

He has been languishing in jail up to this point and is yet to be sentenced for the alleged crime.

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The Colombian was one of many players like Daniel Cardoso, Bernard Parker, Lebogang Manyama and Ramahlwe Mphahlele, who were shown the door by the Amakhosi in a large-scale overhaul back in July.

Cardoso recently claimed that some players would arrive drunk to practices. Former Chiefs star Dumisani Zuma was suspended toward the end of last year after being caught drunk driving.

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Modise was speaking at the Winnie Mandela Commemorative Blanket cooperative launch in Orlando West in Soweto.

The event was held to celebrate the struggle icon's birthday and also to honour Banyana legends of the past, incorporating a football and a netball tournament.