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James Maridadi arrested
06 Jan 2016 at 10:03hrs | Views
TOP MDC-T official and Mabvuku legislator James Maridadi was arrested in the early hours of the morning at Beitbridge border post around 4am today.
His crime was for shooting videos of customs officials and other travellers visiting the country through the border.
Maridadi was also accused of entering through the border post without a passport or a valid travel document.
According to the Chronicle, Maridadi went to the border post in the company of a relative, Natasha Jonga (24) who wanted to import a Toyota Fortuner, 2005 model which was bought from Singapore.
"They arrived at the border around 1am and went through all the processes to facilitate the clearance of the vehicle under the returning residents' facility. The woman, Natasha Jonga was a student at the Free State University in South Africa" said the official.
During the processing of the documents, Natasha was requested to provide an affidavit from her parents to confirm here residence in the country as per the requirements of the Customs and Excise Act since she doesn't own any property in the country.
The official said Maridadi then became emotional threatening the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) officials who were attending to them with unspecified action saying he had got assurance from his associates at the parastatal's head office in Harare.
"He then started shooting videos of customs officers and other travellers within the border post and was arrested by alert security personnel who took him to the main police station" said the official.
His crime was for shooting videos of customs officials and other travellers visiting the country through the border.
Maridadi was also accused of entering through the border post without a passport or a valid travel document.
According to the Chronicle, Maridadi went to the border post in the company of a relative, Natasha Jonga (24) who wanted to import a Toyota Fortuner, 2005 model which was bought from Singapore.
"They arrived at the border around 1am and went through all the processes to facilitate the clearance of the vehicle under the returning residents' facility. The woman, Natasha Jonga was a student at the Free State University in South Africa" said the official.
During the processing of the documents, Natasha was requested to provide an affidavit from her parents to confirm here residence in the country as per the requirements of the Customs and Excise Act since she doesn't own any property in the country.
The official said Maridadi then became emotional threatening the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) officials who were attending to them with unspecified action saying he had got assurance from his associates at the parastatal's head office in Harare.
"He then started shooting videos of customs officers and other travellers within the border post and was arrested by alert security personnel who took him to the main police station" said the official.
Source - Chronicle
