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Hitch-hiker drugged, robbed along highway
21 Nov 2018 at 00:01hrs | Views
Police in Mashonaland East Province are investigating a case in which a Harare man was drugged before being robbed of his belongings by unknown people along the Harare-Nyamapanda Highway recently.
Timothy Jiri boarded a Honda Fit at Total Service Station along Samora Machel Avenue in Harare which had five passengers and heading for Murehwa.
On approaching the 50-kilometre peg of the Harare-Nyamapanda Road, one of the passengers produced a pistol and commanded Jiri to swallow a red tablet that he was handed by a female passenger.
Fearing for his life, Jiri complied and he fell unconscious immediately after taking the pill.
He regained consciousness a while later and realised that he had been dumped near Juru Growth Point minus his belongings - $380 cash, groceries and clothes.
Jiri reported the matter at Juru Police Station. The perpetrators are still at large.
Timothy Jiri boarded a Honda Fit at Total Service Station along Samora Machel Avenue in Harare which had five passengers and heading for Murehwa.
On approaching the 50-kilometre peg of the Harare-Nyamapanda Road, one of the passengers produced a pistol and commanded Jiri to swallow a red tablet that he was handed by a female passenger.
Fearing for his life, Jiri complied and he fell unconscious immediately after taking the pill.
He regained consciousness a while later and realised that he had been dumped near Juru Growth Point minus his belongings - $380 cash, groceries and clothes.
Jiri reported the matter at Juru Police Station. The perpetrators are still at large.
Source - the herald
