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Stolen Zim truck recovered near Mozambique border
LUCK ran out for three carjackers after police in Chipinge intercepted a Nissan UD truck stolen at Birchenough Bridge recently which they were attempting to smuggle into Mozambique.The trio ha...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:51hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
SA car jackers arrested in Bulawayo
THREE men believed to be carjackers have been arrested in Bulawayo on allegations of stealing three vehicles — a Toyota Prado, Toyota Fortuner and a Toyota Hilux — from South Africa before smuggli...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Carjacker to serve 3 years in prison
A GOKWE man has been jailed for three years for carjacking and threatening to kill his unsuspecting victim with an axe.Norman Ndhlovu (23) had pleaded not guilty to the charge of robbery when ...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magistrate arrested for criminal abuse of office
A Bulawayo magistrate has been arrested for allegedly ordering the unprocedural release of a car that was an exhibit in a car theft case.Stephen Ndlovu, who was based at Tredgold Magistrate Co...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man carjacked and stuffed in boot of his car
A man in Bulawayo was on Tuesday night carjacked by three armed robbers who stuffed him into the boot of his car, after dropping off a woman along old Khami Road. The robbery happened at around 8.30PM...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Carjacker hospitalised after shootout with police
TWO suspected carjackers, one of them injured in a shootout with Chinhoyi Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers, were apprehended last Thursday after a high speed chase. Elvis Muze...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 17:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Carjackers' kill woman after a high speed chase
A HIGH speed chase involving three suspected carjackers and the police from Vehicle Theft Squad resulted in the death of a woman and the injury of her daughter after they were hit by the "flying" vehi...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 13:46hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
International carjacker's wife gets bail
A Harare woman recently arrested together with her South Africa-based husband for allegedly stealing top-of-the range vehicles from Namibia and smuggling them into South Africa and Zimbabwe, has been ...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Godwin Matanga lifts the police bar higher as the the new dispensation shines
Since the second republic ED has brought in faces which change things. ED has allied people in different aspects of economy to hit the ground running. One department he made a difference is the Police...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:49hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
6 armed robbers, carjackers nabbed after shoot-out
Six suspected armed robbers and carjackers were arrested on Thursday after a shoot-out near Mabvuku turn-off along Mutare Road on the eastern outskirts of Harare.One of the suspects was shot a...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police descend on illegal transport operators
POLICE in Bulawayo have impounded more than 80 vehicles for illegally transporting people in violation of lockdown regulations. The mushikashika vehicles as they are known, have topped the lis...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car thief crashes into 3 vehicles
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 24-year-old man who allegedly stole a Honda Fit and crashed it into three other vehicles as its owner precariously hung onto it. Wilbaw Gundane of Iminyela s...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Concession carjacker, robber arrested
A 29-YEAR-OLD Concession man was recently nabbed and taken to the Bindura Magistrates' Courts on Thursday, facing carjacking and robbery charges after he allegedly stole two cars inside 48 hours and d...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 hijackings in Bulawayo
TWO pirate taxi operators lost their Honda Fit vehicles to unknown carjackers in separate incidents in Bulawayo on Wednesday night. The first incident involved four unknown men who carjacked a...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serial carjacker hauled to court
A SERIAL Beitbridge carjacker has been locked up in remand prison following a string of robberies targeting motorists in the border town.Reason Mambo Moyo (23) was not asked to plead to robber...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver murdered in cold blood
A TAXI driver was murdered in cold blood allegedly by three suspected carjackers who had hired him from the Central Business District (CBD) in Gweru pretending to be going to Woodlands suburb. ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Carjackers pounce on motorist
NOTORIOUS carjackers recently pounced on an unsuspecting Zvishavane motorist and stabbed him several times before leaving him undressed along the Zvishavane-Gweru Highway.The victim has been i...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crowd arrests carjacker
Magistrate Phathekile Msipa last week sentenced Joseph Shonhiwa (36), of House Number 102 Mark Road, Ridgemont, to five years imprisonment for armed robbery and carjacking.Appearing for the St...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police bust criminal syndicates
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested more than 20 criminals, including armed robbers and recovered 58 vehicles, most of which were used to commit armed robberies countrywide.The sus...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murderous carjacker sentenced to death by hanging
A MASVINGO carjacker, who butchered a taxi driver in Beitbridge before robbing him of his car, was yesterday sentenced to death by hanging.Emmanuel Mapfumo of Stand No 4 Thornhill Extension in...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hitch hikers turn out to be hijackers
A Good Samaritan lost his vehicle to three carjackers he had given a lift from Lower Gweru to Gweru.One of the suspects Brian Mukomazi (32) of Mbaya Village under Chief Bunina, Lower Gweru app...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
321 years jail for 9-week robbery, carjacking spree
SEVEN armed robbers who were involved in a spate of carjacking and robbery cases in the southern region of the country were yesterday jailed for a combined 321 years.The septet stole property ...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car stolen in Bulawayo recovered in Masvingo
A VEHICLE that was stolen by three unidentified carjackers in Bulawayo on Wednesday last week was recovered in Masvingo on Tuesday.The robbers, who are still on the run, attacked, blindfolded,...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Carjackers on the run, rob and torture taxi driver
THREE unidentified carjackers are on the run after they attacked, blindfolded, robbed and carjacked a 24-year-old taxi driver in Richmond suburb in Bulawayo.The trio allegedly hired Mr Collet ...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police arrest notorious prison escapee carjacker
POLICE have arrested a second infamous run-away carjacker who escaped from custody last week.Detectives cornered Dominic Tachiona Tichawangana (37) on Sunday at his Pumula residence, following...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jailbreak carjacker at large
A NOTORIOUS armed carjacker who with a colleague escaped from police custody in dramatic style on Monday last week, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.Detectives have since launched a ma...Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
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South Africa most hijacked vehicles
SOUTH Africa is the vehicle theft capital of Southern Africa, accounting for 96 percent of all vehicles acquired illegally in the region, according to Interpol.Between September 2015 and Septe...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 09:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
24 years in jail for taxi hijack pair
TWO serial carjackers from Bulawayo who ganged up with three others still at large and hijacked a taxi which they later dumped in a bush were yesterday each sentenced to 12 years in jail.F...Published: 07 Feb 2017 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers carjack, burn cars
TWO motorists from Bulawayo were this week carjacked by unknown hitchhikers who went on to burn their vehicles.The carjackers boarded lifts from Bulawayo to Esigodini, later tied up and gagged...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car tracker nails thief
A CAR tracker recently nailed a Bulawayo man hours after he had stolen a commuter omnibus. Brighton Ncube of Pumula South suburb allegedly stole the kombi in Nkulumane 11. Bulawayo Metropolita...Published: 25 Apr 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Carjacker crashes into tree
A carjacker is suspected to have sustained severe head injuries after he rammed into a tree as he tried to escape from police on Tuesday afternoon in Bulawayo.Keith Ndarangwa crashed the Toyot...Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Mpandawana motorist loses Navara to carjackers
A drunk Gutu motorist has lost a Nissan Navara double cab to hijackers he had picked up as passengers at Mpandawana Growth Point in the early hours of Monday.Masvingo Mirror reported that the ...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Murderous car thieves' await Fools' Day judgment
TWO carjackers lured a Filabusi man into a bush and allegedly robbed him of his car, before killing him and then dumping the body in a disused mineshaft to conceal the crime, a High Court judge has he...Published: 25 Mar 2016 at 11:51hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Detectives stumble on treasure trove of loot
AN abandoned car in Bulawayo's Paddonhurst suburb led curious police officers to track down its owner, only to stumble on stolen property at the man's house in Kumalo.Some of the property was ...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Oscar Muzinda
Man blasts Magaya for destroying money generating goblins
A BULAWAYO carjacker shocked a packed courtroom when he blasted Prophet Walter Magaya for allegedly delivering him from satanism and destroying his goblins which gave him money, hence leaving him with...Published: 15 Nov 2015 at 07:53hrs | | by Tatenda Gapare
Zimbabwe rolls out hi-tech computerised cars
THE government will this week roll out hi-tech computerised cars that will, at the touch of a button, fish out unregistered vehicles and those without valid radio licences from the country's roads, a ...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 05:42hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Daring Rusape Carjacker jailed
A daring Rusape carjacker who stole a truck in Rusape's business district in broad day light while the owner was just few metres away will spend seven years in jail.Tembba Shereni (39) of Mudz...Published: 26 Aug 2015 at 08:57hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Cops' steal car, tobacco at 'roadblock'
TWO suspected carjackers reportedly posed as police officers and mounted a fake roadblock before robbing a man of his vehicle loaded with bales of tobacco worth $20 000.The two, who were i...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 08:02hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Robber shot dead
A suspected armed robber and carjacker was last Thursday shot and killed by police at one of his hideouts in Southlands, Harare South. Joseph Kapfunde, believed to be the ringleader of a syndi...Published: 15 Jun 2015 at 09:15hrs | | by Crime Reporter
CID to acquire investigation gadgets
THE Criminal Investigations Department is set to acquire scientific investigation gadgets as it moves to deal effectively with serious crimes.Police Commissioner Solomon Mubatapasango last Fri...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 07:49hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Carjackers jailed
TWO men who hijacked a taxi after threatening to stab the driver with a knife and robbed him of $25, a cellphone and pair of shoes before dumping him, were yesterday sentenced to an effective six yea...Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serial armed robber gets 84 year jail term
A SERIAL armed robber-cum-carjacker from Shurugwi has learnt that crime does not pay when he was slapped with a cumulative 84-year jail sentence after he was convicted of 22 counts of armed robber...Published: 07 May 2014 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stolen car found involved in accident
A CITY man is counting his losses after his vehicle was stolen by suspected carjackers in the early hours of yesterday morning at a local night spot only to be found abandoned after being involved in ...Published: 20 Apr 2014 at 14:12hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Veteran journalist survives carjacking
Zimbabwe Independent news editor and veteran journalist Faith Zaba was last night almost hijacked by unknown men in front of her home in Harare.Zaba said the carjackers pounced on her as s...Published: 17 Apr 2014 at 14:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cops assaulted woman until she defecated
AN inquest in the death of an armed robbery suspect allegedly shot while in custody opened yesterday at the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court with his girlfriend testifying that she was assaulted by cops u...Published: 25 Mar 2014 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Carjackers nabbed
TWO suspected criminals who allegedly hijacked a KB Isuzu truck and stole three cellphones - all valued at $9 200 - belonging to Patrick Makowa (37) of Yeovil medium-density suburb in Mutare were last...Published: 05 Dec 2013 at 13:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA probes Zimbabwe embassy official's death
The South African Independent Police Investigative Directorate has started investigating the case in which a Zimbabwean embassy official was shot and killed by a police officer in Pretoria, South Afri...Published: 23 Oct 2013 at 05:04hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Taxi operators targeted by armed robbers
POLICE in Gweru have warned taxi operators and drivers to be wary of armed carjackers who are on the prowl in the province targeting taxis. Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko yest...Published: 20 Aug 2013 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Carjackers feed victim to lions
A 36-YEAR-OLD Karoi taxi driver was allegedly murdered and fed to the lions by carjackers who dumped his body in a lion-infested game park where it was devoured by the wild animals, which only left h...Published: 16 Apr 2013 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Meal gives away 8-man armed robbery gang
EIGHT suspected robbers armed with machetes on Thursday afternoon raided a game park in Bindura and stole five guns and other valuables before forcing a 69-year-old housemaid to prepare them food at g...Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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