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Cop robbed of AK-47 rifle at tollgate
06 Jun 2019 at 07:31hrs | Views
A POLICE officer stationed at Lion's Den tollgate outside Chinhoyi was last week robbed of her AK-47 assault rifle while on duty, NewsDay reported.
Mashonaland West police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara confirmed the incident and said police were hunting for the suspected robber.
"Police are hunting for the culprit who robbed our officer of her gun at Lion's Den tollgate last week. That's all I can say for now concerning the issue. It is not unusual as people would want to believe," he said
Mabgweazara said this was the second time an officer had been dispossessed of a gun in the province.
"This is not the first time an officer on duty had the gun forcibly taken away, as this happened in Norton, but we managed to apprehend the culprits and recovered our FN rifle," he said.
Such robberies are happening at the backdrop of increasing armed robbery cases in the country.
Mashonaland West police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara confirmed the incident and said police were hunting for the suspected robber.
"Police are hunting for the culprit who robbed our officer of her gun at Lion's Den tollgate last week. That's all I can say for now concerning the issue. It is not unusual as people would want to believe," he said
"This is not the first time an officer on duty had the gun forcibly taken away, as this happened in Norton, but we managed to apprehend the culprits and recovered our FN rifle," he said.
Such robberies are happening at the backdrop of increasing armed robbery cases in the country.
Source - newsday
