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WATCH: Belarus fire engine malfunction, Gwanda Fire Brigade struggles
A Toyota Runx was completely gutted by fire this afternoon outside Gwanda city centre, near the NSSA complex along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road, after the Gwanda Fire Brigade faced challenges in extin...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:45hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrests 3, kills 1 in anti-smuggling operation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the arrest of three individuals and the death of a fourth suspect during an anti-smuggling operation in Mutare on October 16, 2024. Phillimon Matiyashe...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 18:11hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Axe-wielding robbers nabbed
Three axe-wielding suspected robbers from Midlands who pounced at a syndicate mine in Mazowe and robbed people of their cash and mobile phones have been arrested.Michael Mutodza (29), and Mose...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 15:31hrs | 1294 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police smash car smuggling ring
POLICE in Matebeleland South have smashed a well-orchestrated smuggling syndicate at Plumtree Border Post and recovered five smuggled Honda Fit vehicles, including some an assortment of goods illegall...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbery spree strikes Harare, Bulawayo...Police launch investigations
In a recent tweet from the Zimbabwe Republic Police, authorities have announced their investigation into two separate robbery incidents that occurred on October 21, 2023, leaving victims in Bulawayo a...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 16:51hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Prophet' nabbed for killing client
A BULAWAYO man died after allegedly drinking a poisonous concoction he got from a self-proclaimed prophet whom he had consulted in a bid to cure an undisclosed ailment, a magistrate heard yesterday....Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$600k Kwekwe heist an inside job, says police
The robbery which occurred at a service station in Kwekwe last month where nearly US$600 000 and over R63 400 was stolen, was an inside job involving a female employee who supplied information to her ...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mushikashika robberies increase
Five sets of passengers accepting lifts from what they thought were mushikashika lost cash and phones on Friday and Saturday last week in Harare, while a man who offered three men a lift last week los...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious robber arrested
NOTORIOUS robber Aaron Francisco Machona (37) was arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda facing four counts of murder, attempted robbery, armed robbery and money laundering charges.He...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police worried over spate of car thefts
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have expressed concern over the rise in car thefts across the country.Police made the remarks in their Twitter account. They said several vehicles were reported ...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 17:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chinamsa and friend steals Government car
TWO men appeared in court yesterday on allegations of conniving to steal a car from the Office of the President and Cabinet after the driver parked it in Harare's city centre to buy a pair of shoes....Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hijacked Toyota Prado recovered in Harare
A Toyota Prado that was recently hijacked in Banket has been recovered dumped in Epworth as more cases of carjacking, armed robberies and theft continue to increase countrywide.The vehicle was...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beer drinker loses car to bogus cops
THREE bogus police officers stole a Honda Fit in Harare after confronting the owner who was drinking beer outside the vehicle at a city flat on Tuesday and accused him of violating Covid-19 regulation...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man loses 5 cars in botched stands deal
A 35-year-old land baron has been arrested on allegations of defrauding a city businessman of five vehicles worth over US$86 000 in exchange for five residential stands in Westlea, Harare.It t...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 robbers admit to crime spree
FOUR suspected armed robbers, who yesterday admitted to killing one person and attempting to murder three others in and around Harare are expected back in court tomorrow. Brothers, William (39...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Carjacking syndicate busted
SEVEN suspected car jackers, including four employees of a local car sale, believed to be part of a syndicate that has been targeting and stealing vehicles parked at houses and business premises in an...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance bigwig living in fear after foiled abduction
MDC Alliance Mashonaland West provincial secretary, Tawanda Bvumo says he is now living in fear following an attempted abduction incident by three unknown men in Chegutu on Tuesday night.A per...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Notorious car hijacker nabbed
Two notorious machete wielding car hijackers who were elusive to the police after allegedly robbing a Mazowe man of his Toyota Runx were nabbed and dragge...Published: 04 May 2021 at 11:26hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Motorist stripped naked, car robbed
POLICE in Mashonaland Central province are looking for Agent Kavhundu's silver Toyota Runx registration number AEQ 5620 which was robbed over the weekend at Amatola farm, Mazowe.Mashonaland Ce...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 17:15hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gold buyer dismisses gun crime claims
THE Bulawayo gold dealer who stands accused of pulling out a gun in a dispute over a Honda Fit has claimed that he did not do such a thing but instead was robbed of US$30 000. Police in Bulawa...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold buyer wanted for gun crime
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating allegations that a local gold buyer pointed a pistol threatening to shoot a man for repossessing a Honda Fit which he had sold to a Filabusi gold miner. Th...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man smashes estranged wife's car with a shovel
A VICTORIA Falls man who could not accept that his wife who is a nurse had left him, has been arrested after he armed himself with a shovel and smashed the woman's car windows at her workplace. ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff writer
R550 000 robber jailed 10 years
AN armed robber, who was part of a gang of five which shot Muchineripi Hlaringo of Beitbridge eight times before making off with more than half a million rand in June this year, was on Friday jailed t...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspected armed robber arrested
Police have arrested one of the five suspects who robbed a Beitbridge foreign currency dealer of over half a million rand and US$4 500 and took off with his car after shooting him eight times. ...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers make off with US$70 000
Four suspected armed robbers allegedly pounced on three men who were parked in the Avenues area in Harare while counting their cash in a car and went away with more than US$70 000, $1 600 bond and oth...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Journalist gets death threats over beef with Jah Prayzah
THE Sunday Mail Leisure Senior Reporter Prince Mushawevato has filed a police report following death threats, social media attacks and a close shave with angry Jah Prayzah supporters.The repor...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staf reporter
Sex vendor jailed 10 years for armed robbery
A notorious Harare Avenues area hooker who robbed a man at gun point and made off with his wallet and bank cards before going on a spending spree was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years imprisonmen...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Three dead as car rams tree
THREE people died while one was injured in a road accident that occurred at the 70km peg along the Bulawayo–Tsholotsho Road near the St James High school turn-off.Bulawayo Chief Fire Officer...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-cop nabbed for impersonating a police officer
An ex-Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer from homicide department was arrested on Wednesday for impersonating a police officer and trying to rob a Glennorah man of his money.Sources close ...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 20:01hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Zacc cops' kidnap RDC boss, demand ransom
FOUR former police officers posed as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigators and allegedly kidnapped Mutoko Rural District Council chief executive officer, Peter Sigauke, accusing him...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prostitutes rob man, go on shopping spree
Three commercial sex workers who allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint in Harare's Avenues area before making off with his wallet with bank cards and going on a spending spree appeared in court yesterday...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 16:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Guns, police and army uniforms recovered at crash scene
Two fire arms, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) uniform and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniform were recovered in a Toyota Corolla Runx they were travelling in after it overturned and killed the driver...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 10:18hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Two women in kidnap nightmare
TWO Mutare women - one of them six months pregnant - are lucky to be alive after they were last week kidnapped and brutally assaulted by assailants allegedly hired by a friend who accused them of stea...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maid, gardener up for stealing $150,000 from employer
A housemaid and a gardener allegedly stole $150 000 in cash from their employer and used the stolen cash to buy seven residential properties and seven vehicles, a Harare court has heard.The co...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 10:11hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Widow loses hubby's pension to lover
A Chitungwiza Central Hospital nurse lost over $14 000, which included a lump sum payment of her late husband's pension and $2 000 compensation for damages made to her car, to her ex-boyfriend after s...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops guilty of $56,000 heist
An intricate web of calls between two police officers and four civilians before and after they robbed an Indian businessman of $56 000 at a fake roadblock led to their conviction yesterday.Dic...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop jailed 4 years
A criminal who teamed up with his accomplices and masqueraded as police officers to steal a Toyota Fortuner on the pretext that they were impounding the vehicle because of the driver's reckless drivin...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Manhunt for killer cop
Police in Zaka have launched a massive manhunt for a police officer who reportedly killed a pedestrian who was mentally challenged last week. According to an internal police c...Published: 15 May 2017 at 12:14hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
'Cops' vanish with man's car
A 37-year-old man, who allegedly masqueraded as a police officer, appeared in court yesterday for allegedly stealing a Toyota Fortuner on the pretext that he was impounding the vehicle because of the ...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$56,000 heist: One more arrested
The driver of a car that went through a fake Belvedere roadblock to allay the suspicion of an Indian businessman robbed of $56 000 has now been arrested. The police special constabulary member station...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
$57,000 cops heist new twist
A POLICE special constabulary stationed at Mbare has been arrested after being implicated in a case in which six policemen reportedly connived with five civilians and mounted a fake roadblock in Belve...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 11:30hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
No bail for $56,000 heist cops
Four of the six policemen who reportedly connived with five civilians and mounted a fake roadblock in Belvedere, Harare, where they robbed an Indian businessman over $56 000 have not been reporting fo...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Cops in $56k heist at fake roadblock
Six policemen reportedly connived with four civilians and mounted a fake roadblock in Belvedere, Harare, where they robbed an Indian businessman of over $56 000 and splashed the loot on vehicles. Thre...Published: 02 Aug 2016 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Tendai Rupapa
NSSA employee dies in road accident
Ivy Mukarati (24), a contract worker with the National Social Security Authority, (NSSA) was killed in an accident on Sunday two weeks ago when the car she was travelling in was involved in a he...Published: 21 Mar 2016 at 11:35hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Armed robbery suspect tells magistrate that she is evil
A suspected Sefalana armed robber who on Monday told Palapye Chief Magistrate Setlhogile Motsamai that she is evil repeated his attack yesterday as he said the Court staff were all related."We...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 08:58hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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