A Zimbabwean dancehall artist left jail on Tuesday after posting $300 bail while appealing his six-month sentence for illegal possession of cough syrup. Ras Pompy must surrender his passport and report weekly to Matapi Police Station after Justice Wamambo granted his release at the High Court.
Police arrested the musician on July 16 when officers spotted his Honda Fit in traffic and pursued him through Rugare suburb after he fled. His vehicle crashed into a metal pole before detectives searched it and found 99 bottles of cough syrup valued at $396 that people abuse as drugs.
Magistrate Gamuchirai Gore convicted Ras Pompy of breaking the Medicines Control Act after prosecutors proved he carried Broncleer, Benylin, and Astra Pain syrups without authorization. Authorities seized both the medication and his car as evidence in the case.
Police arrested the musician on July 16 when officers spotted his Honda Fit in traffic and pursued him through Rugare suburb after he fled. His vehicle crashed into a metal pole before detectives searched it and found 99 bottles of cough syrup valued at $396 that people abuse as drugs.
Magistrate Gamuchirai Gore convicted Ras Pompy of breaking the Medicines Control Act after prosecutors proved he carried Broncleer, Benylin, and Astra Pain syrups without authorization. Authorities seized both the medication and his car as evidence in the case.
