HARARE – Robert Tinotenda Mugabe, the 33-year-old son of the late former president Robert Mugabe, was fined US$300 by a Harare court on Thursday after admitting to possession of cannabis.
Harare magistrate Lisa Mutendereki ordered Mugabe to pay the fine or serve four months in prison in default.
Mugabe, who pleaded guilty, asked the court for leniency, saying he is a single father caring for two young children.
A warrant for his arrest had been issued on November 6 after he failed to appear for trial, but it was later cancelled when he presented himself in court a day later, accompanied by his lawyer Arshiel Mugiya.
Mugabe was arrested on October 1 after police stopped his silver Honda Fit for driving against traffic on a one-way street along 2nd Street Extension in Harare.
Police said a search of his sling bag uncovered two sachets of cannabis, a pack of Rizla papers, and a cannabis grinder. The seized drugs, weighing two grams and valued at US$30, were confirmed by forensic experts.
Mugabe reportedly refused to sign the police seizure receipt during the arrest.
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