Bogus cops on the prowl

Two suspected armed robbers masquerading as police detectives are reportedly targeting people and demanding to search their homes and robbing them of valuables.

This comes after an incident recently in which a 59-year-old Harare man lost a Samsung S6 Edge cellphone and other valuables worth over $700 to the two robbers who approached him last week.

"The two unknown accused persons identified themselves as police officers from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The two accused persons requested the complainant to accompany them to his place of residence where they wanted to search," Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said.

She said the two then robbed the man of his cellphone and other valuables.

Nothing has been recovered and no arrests have been made.