Student misses Zimsec exam after eating weed cake (mbanje)

An Advanced Level student at Nyameni High in Marondera, missed one of his final exams after he ate a cake mixed with marijuana.

Sources interviewed by NewsDay said that the student was rushed to Marondera Provincial Hospital after he became unconscious because of the cake. The cake was baked by the student’s 22 year old friend who is a student at Kushinga-Phikelela Technical College.

After the fainting incident the student’s sister inquired what the student had eaten which resulted in him revealing that he had been given a cake mixed with marijuana by a friend. The sister reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest of the Kushinga-Phikelela student. Police recovered a half-filled flour packet and a pan. NewsDay’s efforts to get a comment from  Mashonaland East province acting police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Tendai Mwanza were fruitless.