Couple Arrested for attempting to Smuggle 3 Zimbabwean Children

A Livingstone couple has been detained after allegedly attempting to smuggle three Zimbabwean children, aged between 4 and 12 years into Zambia. HUMPHREY LIKANDO 62 and MAGGIE PHIRI 51 of Dambwa Central, were apprehended following an attempt to smuggle the Children at the Victoria Falls Border Control. Immigration Department Public Relations Officer NAMATI NSHIINKA says officers intercepted JAMES SIAMUNDU, a taxi driver, who was transporting the children. Mr NSHIINKA says upon questioning, SIMAUNDU failed to provide a satisfactory account of the children’s identities or their origins, leading to his detention. He says further investigation, revealed that SIMAUNDU was hired by the couple to transport the children from Zimbabwe into Zambia. MEANWHILE, in a routine clean-up operation conducted on Saturday March 8 2025, the Lusaka Regional Immigration Office successfully apprehended 34 individuals for immigration violations. READ MORE