Top Cop nabbed for extortion

A senior cop in Bulawayo's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) frauds section has been arrested for extortion and fraud.

Police sources say Detective Chief Inspector Machinga was arrested in the city on Friday after soliciting and receiving a bribe from a suspect.

Details of the detective's crime are still sketchy but sources said he was arrested after a trap was set for him following numerous complaints of extortion by suspects under investigation.

"He is being held at Donnington Police Station and is set to face a commission of enquiry soon. The force has become a hotplate for corrupt people. Cops are really being arrested," said the source.

Comment could not immediately be obtained from national CID spokesperson Detective Inspector Portia Chino.

Hundreds of police officers, especially from the traffic section have been dismissed in the last two years fro corruption.

DCI Machinga was arrested after receiving a $300 bribe from a suspect in a trap.