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2 bogus cops arrested
Two people who were masquerading as police officers have been arrested in separate incidents in Harare after they were found extorting money from pirate taxi drivers and a suspected ‘fraudster'....Published: 14 hrs ago | 982 | by Staff reporter
UK deportees will not be mistreated by Zimbabwe government
The arrival in Harare of a batch of 14 Zimbabweans deported from Britain is in many ways a welcome sign that the British government has developed a far more realistic attitude to Zimbabwe and reckons ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:02hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Kariba MP arrested in SA 'smuggling' Broncleer
AN ASPIRING Kariba MP Stanley Kauso was arrested in South Africa recently for attempting to help a Zimbabwean woman smuggle out boxes of cough syrup, Broncleer.The cough remedy, commonly known...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
Top cops steal smuggled goods
TWO top Beitbridge cops are in trouble after they allegedly connived to smuggle and steal goods that were later intercepted.The pair, Inspector Elias Maomba (force number 047527J), attached to...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:09hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Top cop's corruption exposed
Criminal Investigations Department Officer in Charge Mvurwi has been accused of massive corruption by his juniors, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Inspector Shakeman Dzongera is not at peace with hi...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 14:17hrs | 3956 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Bogus cops arrested
TWO Bulawayo security guards have been arrested for masquerading as police officers and collecting a $100 bribe from a resident they accused of violating Covid-19 protocols at the Centenary Park....Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:19hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Cops impound imported mealie-meal
POLICE, in conjunction with the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), have launched a nationwide blitz aimed at confiscating imported mealie-meal from retailers that have defied the ban on the import of the st...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:09hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Female traffic cop crushed to death at a Bulawayo roadblock
A FEMALE Bulawayo traffic police officer died Thursday morning in a horrific accident after a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) bus hit her along Khami road where cops were manning a road bloc...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 15:07hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Pirate kombi crews arrest bribe-seeking bogus cop
PIRATE kombi drivers and touts on Monday effected a citizens' arrest on a woman who was allegedly impersonating a police officer and extorting money from them. Vinate Ncube (35) was arrested a...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:18hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Police act on armed robberies
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has instructed all his provincial commanders to deploy special units to robbery hotspots in an effort to tackle increasing armed robbery cases. Comm-...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Most wanted serial armed robber arrested
Another wanted serial armed robber, Alouis Nyamadzawo who has been on the police's most wanted list for committing a spate of armed robbery cases after being released on bail pending appeal in 2019, h...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:19hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean 'thug' shot dead in Midrand, South Africa
A section of Zimbabweans in South Africa is celebrating following the daylight murder of 25-year-old Ronnie Macmillan who was shot dead in Midrand on Monday afternoon. Ronnie, a lover of finer...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | 8249 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crews plot attack on police
SOME rowdy pirate kombi crews operating in Bulawayo are reportedly plotting to attack traffic police officers at their homes in retaliation for skirmishes that occurred in the city centre last Wednesd...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1532 | by Staff reporter
Demolitions: Council gives cops big treat
Police officers conducting a demolition exercise in Chitungwiza were feted with takeaway food by council at a time service delivery has plunged to unprecedented levels in the town.This publica...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cops deny torching kombis, blame 'vendors, touts and money changers'
Metro traffic cops in Bulawayo were accused of shifting blame after allegedly burning down two kombis in the city center on Wednesday and then telling their boss in an internal memo that the commuter ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 07:39hrs | 2908 | by Staff reporter
Cops near death as tout mob attacks
PIRATE kombi operators and illegal money changers yesterday allegedly ganged up and attacked traffic police officers who were patrolling in the Bulawayo city centre.The rowdy crew smashed wind...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
5 cops injured in rowdy touts - Osiphatheleni attack
SUSPECTED touts and illegal money changers popularly known as Osiphatheleni on Wednesday attacked two police vehicles along Fort Street between 6th and 5th Avenue in the Bulawayo City Centre.F...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:21hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
Councillors rap 'bribe-taking' municipal cops
KWEKWE councillors have accused their municipal police of aiding lawlessness in the city by taking bribes from illegal vendors operating from undesignated sites.Deputy mayor Shadreck Tobaiwa t...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:45hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
27 drinkers arrested, 1 shot for attacking cops
Police last Friday shot and injured a patron before arresting 27 imbibers at a bar in Mutare on allegations of attacking police officers who were enforcing lockdown regulations.The incident oc...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:53hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Cops recover 3 tonnes of mbanje
Police have arrested six suspects in separate incidents, recovering nearly three tonnes of mbanje and 75 bottles of banned BronCleer cough mixture as they intensify the crackdown against drug peddlers...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:51hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers in court for smuggling 263 crates of Zambian eggs
Two Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers and a civilian have appeared in court following their arrest for allegedly smuggling 263 crates of table eggs from Zambia valued at $44 500.The trio o...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:02hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer escorts client to prison
Guruve based lawyer Nancy Mabhoyi failed to spare a jail term to her client Takura Gora (39) who was slapped with a six-year jail term today on four counts of burglary by Guruve resident magistrate Ru...Published: 31 May 2021 at 19:32hrs | 4298 | by Lloyd Rabaya in Guruve
Cops meet security companies
POLICE in Bulawayo are currently meeting with officials from security companies and businesspeople as they are this week expected to come up with a deliberate policy to help curb the rising cases of c...Published: 31 May 2021 at 18:54hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Residents on shoot to kill
POLICE in Bulawayo are today expected to hold a crunch meeting with local business to strategise on how to deal with the increase in armed robberies in the city, while residents have called for a shoo...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1463 | by Staff reporter
Cops meet over surge in robberies
POLICE in Bulawayo are today expected to hold a crunch meeting with local business to strategise on how to deal with the increase in armed robberies in the city, while residents have called for a shoo...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
City frets over violent crime
Bulawayo residents say the rising cases of violent crimes in the city make them feel unsafe and called on the police to come up with a solution to the menace.The city has in recent weeks witne...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:58hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers in gunfight with cops
An armed robber who is alleged to be part of a gang that has been terrorising motorists along the Beitbridge-Masvingo highway and smugglers and border jumpers using the Limpopo River, was this morning...Published: 28 May 2021 at 18:30hrs | 2542 | by Staff reporter
Cops, prosecutors in acquittals storm
Corruption syndicates comprising police officers, prosecutors and magistrates are reportedly soliciting bribes from suspects before organising acquittals through sloppy investigations and prosecution....Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:37hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe breathes fire to cops
Police commanders have been directed to immediately put to an end the rampant child kidnappings, ritual killings, traffic chaos caused by pirate taxis and general armed robberies targeting families an...Published: 21 May 2021 at 05:58hrs | 1730 | by Staff reporter
Couple savagely attacked, husband dies
A COUPLE from Pelandaba suburb in Bulawayo was attacked by robbers, leading to the death of the husband in a case that brings to the fore an alarming rise in crime and the collapse of the city's emerg...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 3081 | by Staff reporter
Cop top rights violators
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) was behind 50% of all human rights violations targeting mainly the opposition MDC Alliance party lead by Nelson Chamisa last month, a Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) re...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:16hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Mine wrangle sucks in top cops
A KADOMA-BASED gold mining company has logged a complaint against four police officers who are allegedly victimising its workers following a wrangle with a rival miner.DS Mining Syndicate, wro...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:07hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
High Court hears fresh bail appeal by Mamombe, Chimbiri
A High Court judge will on Wednesday hear a fresh bail application by Harare West MP Joana Mamombe and fellow opposition MDC Alliance activist Cecilia Chimbiri.The two have been locked up at C...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 07:48hrs | 1714 | by Staff reporter
Cops turn down US$9 000 bribe
Police in Nyazura, Manicaland, on Wednesday exhibited a high degree of professionalism when they resisted a US$9 000 bribe dangled by members of a smuggling syndicate. They arrested six ...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Rogue security agents warned
GOVERNMENT is dealing with armed robbery cases involving members of the security sector and has said those who resist arrest will be shot. Increasing armed robberies, mainly targeting banks an...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
'Nail corrupt police'
AUTHORITIES have stepped up their efforts against graft within the police force, with Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe urging citizens to use technology to help nail rogue cops.This comes...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:35hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
143 arrested as cops smash drug dealers' bases
A POLICE crackdown on drug peddlers and syndicates has so far netted 143 drug dealers with their bases being destroyed in raids that are being carried out in Harare and Chitungwiza. This comes...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxi drivers, touts 'celebrate' death of Mnangagwa wife's convoy biker
POLICE at the Chinhoyi Traffic Section are reported to have Wednesday arrested hordes of pirate taxi drivers and touts for celebrating the death of an escort motorbike rider on Easter Friday.S...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:36hrs | 2118 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political tension escalates afresh
POLICE had to be called in to disperse agitated MDC Alliance supporters in Harare yesterday, after political activist Makomborero Haruzivishe was sentenced to an effective 14 months in prison for inci...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | 1389 | by Staff reporter
Journalist assaulted by cops outside court
HARARE journalist Samuel Takawira was Tuesday morning assaulted by police while filming a group of police officers who had been deployed at the Harare Magistrates' Court where MDC Alliance activist Ha...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 18:47hrs | 1400 | by Staff reporter
Police deny Mliswa's discrimination claims
POLICE have disputed claims by Norton legislator Temba Mliswa that they practiced discrimination by singling him out for arrest at a press conference at his house in February.Mliswa is seeking...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:56hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Cops unleashed to bash Matobo villagers
ANTI-RIOT police bashed community members in Domboshava Village, Matobo as punishment for ganging up to evict miners, civil society group, Heal Zimbabwe Trust has reported.The details were rev...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:48hrs | 676 | by Sytaff reporter
Cops implicated in spate of robberies
THREE Harare police officers have been implicated in a spate of robberies which occurred in Nyanga where they allegedly robbed and assaulted several people involved in timber business.An inter...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
Illegal gold panners unleash reign of terror in Mat South, Mberengwa
GOLD panners have unleashed a reign of terror in Malungwane Village in Umzingwane District, Matabeleland South attacking villagers with axes, machetes and knobkerries. The development has seen...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:09hrs | 853 | by Lovemore Dube
Pirate kombi drivers attack police officers
ROWDY pirate kombi drivers ganged up with some rogue elements and attacked traffic police officers before smashing the rear windscreen of their patrol vehicle and stealing a car battery which was in t...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:40hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Pirating kombis, taxis flood Bulawayo
PIRATING commuter omnibuses are back on the streets in Bulawayo taking advantage of reduced police roadblocks after Government eased lockdown regulations at the beginning of this month. Police...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 05:59hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi storm police station, cops fire shots, arrest 10
POLICE Wednesday fired gunshots to disperse a crowd of Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) supporters who had stormed Bulawayo Central Police Station protesting over the alleged harassment of their leader ...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 11:18hrs | 4819 | by Wilbert Mukori
Cops hunt for illegal bullets suspect
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a Chinhoyi man, Tinashe Zhengeni who is on the run after 225 rounds of ammunition were discovered at his residence on Tuesday.This comes amid an increase in ...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 15:29hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Siphatheleni bites cops
A Tshabalala money changer, commonly known as 'Siphathelelni', who allegedly went berserk and bit police officers as she resisted arrest in the city centre, was yesterday granted $2000 bail pending tr...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 20:01hrs | 1598 | by Staff reporter
Cops nab 11 armed robbers
POLICE in Harare have arrested 11 suspected armed robbers after foiling a major heist at Maruta Shopping Centre in Hatfield along the Harare-Chitungwiza Road in the early hours of Thursday.Nat...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 18:35hrs | 2385 | by Staff reporter
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