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5 highway patrol cops in soup
20 Oct 2014 at 11:12hrs | Views
Five National Highway Patrol cops have been arrested on charges of criminal abuse of office.
The five allegedly received R100 from a delegation of Swaziland police officers that was attending an anti-stock theft workshop in Harare. They did not issue a receipt for the transaction.
Nyameni Willie,38, Rumbidzai Chahwanda, 34, Paidamoyo Chipinda, 26, Tongai Moyo, 32, and Tatenda Mudyiwa, 31, were remanded to October 26 on $100 bail each by magistrate Milton Serima.
It is the State's case that on October 2, the five were deployed on the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway.
The group was issued with 20 Z69 (J) receipt books and a ZRP BMW vehicle from ZRP Beitbridge district headquarters.
The law enforcement agencies did not issue speed trap machines at the time as they were not available.
Allegations are that ZRP received a complaint from the Swaziland delegation that they were arrested for a speeding offence and forced to pay R100 without being issued a receipt.
In carrying out their investigations, the ZRP instructed that the five surrender all the used Z69 (J) books immediately.
By October 10, the group of accused police officers surrendered only five of the 20 books requested by their superiors.
While investigations were being carried out at CID Serious Frauds Squad by Inspector Mhiripiri, one of the original copies of the Z69 receipt reflected a speeding offence but the carbon copy showed the offender was receipted for failing to have a current vehicle licence.
Both receipts were allegedly issued to two different people.
In two other transactions, the original copy and the carbon copy were different, prompting the superiors to arrest them for tampering with receipts and bringing the name of the ZRP into disrepute.
The five allegedly received R100 from a delegation of Swaziland police officers that was attending an anti-stock theft workshop in Harare. They did not issue a receipt for the transaction.
Nyameni Willie,38, Rumbidzai Chahwanda, 34, Paidamoyo Chipinda, 26, Tongai Moyo, 32, and Tatenda Mudyiwa, 31, were remanded to October 26 on $100 bail each by magistrate Milton Serima.
It is the State's case that on October 2, the five were deployed on the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway.
The group was issued with 20 Z69 (J) receipt books and a ZRP BMW vehicle from ZRP Beitbridge district headquarters.
The law enforcement agencies did not issue speed trap machines at the time as they were not available.
In carrying out their investigations, the ZRP instructed that the five surrender all the used Z69 (J) books immediately.
By October 10, the group of accused police officers surrendered only five of the 20 books requested by their superiors.
While investigations were being carried out at CID Serious Frauds Squad by Inspector Mhiripiri, one of the original copies of the Z69 receipt reflected a speeding offence but the carbon copy showed the offender was receipted for failing to have a current vehicle licence.
Both receipts were allegedly issued to two different people.
In two other transactions, the original copy and the carbon copy were different, prompting the superiors to arrest them for tampering with receipts and bringing the name of the ZRP into disrepute.
Source - dailynews
