Charamba to comment on roadblock loot saga

National Police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba on Thursday said police had launched an investigation into the case where traffic cops nearly lost about $2 000 stolen money, to a 10-year-old girl Nodia Gozho.

Charamba said she would issue a statement on the matter on Friday.

This comes amid unconfirmed reports that at least two traffic cops involved in the bribe-taking scandal have been arrested and are locked up at undisclosed locations in Harare.

The two are said to be members of the Police Traffic section based in Gutu and Masvingo.

The money, believed to have been part of a bribe loot from motorists, was found in a rubbish pit near a roadblock in Beatrice by the 10-year-old scavenging for valuables along the highway last month.

The "lucky" girl and her friends are children of labourers from the nearby Gilston Farm.

The girl handed over the money to her mother, but police later made a follow-up and forced them to hand it back.

According to NewsDay, Sources familiar with situation calim that two of the police officers, one from Gutu and another from Masvingo, had been arrested over the matter and they are currently being held in police cells somewhere here in Harare.