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ZACC arrests Beitbridge officials for demanding bribes from travellers
27 Dec 2020 at 02:07hrs | Views
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday arrested two officials, including a police officer, at the border post for allegedly demanding bribes from travellers.
The suspects - Tafadzwa Musakanya (35), a supervisor in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement, and Progress Laiza Tabarwa (31), a police officer - will appear in court tomorrow.
ZACC spokesperson Commissioner John Makamure said the duo was arrested after a tip-off.
"This resulted in accused one (Musakanya) and two (Tabarwa) being searched and arrested by officers from Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and R1 170 and US$20 was recovered from accused one's trouser pockets while R550 was recovered from accused two's trouser pockets," said Commissioner Makamure.
"When the accused's accomplices - Constables Chokera and Msipa - saw accused one and two being searched and arrested by officers from Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, they ran away . . . "
The suspects - Tafadzwa Musakanya (35), a supervisor in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement, and Progress Laiza Tabarwa (31), a police officer - will appear in court tomorrow.
"This resulted in accused one (Musakanya) and two (Tabarwa) being searched and arrested by officers from Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and R1 170 and US$20 was recovered from accused one's trouser pockets while R550 was recovered from accused two's trouser pockets," said Commissioner Makamure.
"When the accused's accomplices - Constables Chokera and Msipa - saw accused one and two being searched and arrested by officers from Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, they ran away . . . "
Source - sundaymail
