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Intruders, including cop, caught at Mujuru's farm
26 Apr 2015 at 07:28hrs | Views
Three intruders were on Friday morning caught at former Vice-President Joice Mujuru Beatrice Farm amid reports that suspected state security officials were constantly being intercepted at the property.
The men were caught around 3 am and one of them was reported to be a police officer, the Standard reported.
The publication said two days earlier another man who reportedly appeared mentally unstable was also nabbed at the farm.
The three were taken to Beatrice police station where one of them was identified as a police officer stationed at Harare Central Police Station.
"The three were intercepted at 3am on Friday. They were taken to Beatrice Police Station where one of them revealed that he was a police officer stationed at the Harare Central Police Station. They claimed that they were lost, but did not reveal where they were coming from or where they were going," said a top Mujuru associate.
Mujuru confirmed the development, but refused to shed more light saying this happened while she was away.
"I was in Harare," Mujuru said.
Asked if she did not fear for her life, Mujuru said: "That is for you the people to judge." The police officer is said to have claimed to the Beatrice police that he took a wrong turn and ended up at Mujuru's farm instead of turning in the nearby Watyoka area, the source said.
The suspect allegedly pretended to be insane and uttered a lot of issues which people failed to make head and tail of.
The sources said the man claimed to be Mujuru's lover. Although he had nothing on him, the man again claimed he wanted to drop some letters from Sadc. He was also handed over to Beatrice police.
Last month, six people, two of them suspected to be state intelligence officers, were allegedly caught snooping at Mujuru's Beatrice farm.
The intruders were reportedly driving in a private vehicle and were caught gathering information on the farm.
They claimed to be relatives of the Mujuru family, but demonstrated they did not have knowledge of the Mujuru family at all when quizzed by security personnel. They were later detained at Beatrice Police Station.
The men were caught around 3 am and one of them was reported to be a police officer, the Standard reported.
The publication said two days earlier another man who reportedly appeared mentally unstable was also nabbed at the farm.
The three were taken to Beatrice police station where one of them was identified as a police officer stationed at Harare Central Police Station.
"The three were intercepted at 3am on Friday. They were taken to Beatrice Police Station where one of them revealed that he was a police officer stationed at the Harare Central Police Station. They claimed that they were lost, but did not reveal where they were coming from or where they were going," said a top Mujuru associate.
Mujuru confirmed the development, but refused to shed more light saying this happened while she was away.
Asked if she did not fear for her life, Mujuru said: "That is for you the people to judge." The police officer is said to have claimed to the Beatrice police that he took a wrong turn and ended up at Mujuru's farm instead of turning in the nearby Watyoka area, the source said.
The suspect allegedly pretended to be insane and uttered a lot of issues which people failed to make head and tail of.
The sources said the man claimed to be Mujuru's lover. Although he had nothing on him, the man again claimed he wanted to drop some letters from Sadc. He was also handed over to Beatrice police.
Last month, six people, two of them suspected to be state intelligence officers, were allegedly caught snooping at Mujuru's Beatrice farm.
The intruders were reportedly driving in a private vehicle and were caught gathering information on the farm.
They claimed to be relatives of the Mujuru family, but demonstrated they did not have knowledge of the Mujuru family at all when quizzed by security personnel. They were later detained at Beatrice Police Station.
Source - The Standard
