The Lusaka High Court has denied gold-scam suspect Shadreck Kasanda bail, pending trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court has agreed with the submissions by the State that granting Kasanda bail might prejudice the State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court further states that granting Kasanda bail will be an academic exercise as he is facing one count of Espionage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this matter, Kasanda is jointly charged with four others for disposal of property suspected to be proceeds of crime and Espionage contrary to section 3(a) of the State Security Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, The Drug Enforcement Commission is yet to disclose the lesser charges slapped on two Egyptian nationals connected to the case after discharging 7 foreign suspects from the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The five Zambian suspects were detained at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport where they allegedly tried to sell fake gold to Egyptian nationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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