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Suspected car thief Brighton Chipunza's trial postponed
The ongoing trial of suspected car thief Brighton Chipunza was yesterday postponed to February 27 after his lawyer failed to appear in court, reportedly due to other legal commitments.Chipunza...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 09:13hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Duo steal govt vehicle
Two men appeared in court yesterday on charges of stealing a Government-owned vehicle from the central business district (CBD) and allegedly planning to repair and resell it. Peace Batanai Tsara (26) ...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 05:14hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe based Bulgarian up for vehicle theft
The bail hearing for 33-year-old Bulgarian investor Adam Markov, arrested on charges of stealing and smuggling a Jeep Cherokee from South Africa, is set for today.Markov was apprehended by det...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:10hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Senator Mupfumira's car seized at gunpoint in Harare
A vehicle belonging to Mashonaland West senator and former cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira was hijacked at gunpoint in Harare's Avondale West on December 11, police have confirmed.The incide...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:46hrs | 1151 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records spike in theft of cars
Police in Bulawayo have confirmed a troubling surge in vehicle thefts, with 70 vehicles reported stolen between January and October this year. While law enforcement officials are expressing concern ov...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:59hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Over 300 000 unlicensed vehicles face de-registration
More than 300,000 vehicles in Zimbabwe risk being de-registered after their owners failed to renew licenses for over two years, according to a notice in the Government Gazette.De-registration ...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 06:56hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
$24 million lost as vehicles evade licence and tollgate fees
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development has revealed that the Zimbabwean government loses an estimated $24 million in potential revenue each year due to at l...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:32hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police overrated?
In what is being called the largest cash heist in Zimbabwe's history, seven armed robbers executed a lightning-fast robbery at Ecobank, located at the corner of Fife Street and 9th Avenue in Bulawayo....Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:33hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
US$4.4 million Ecobank heist shocks Zimbabwe
In what is believed to be the largest bank heist in Zimbabwean history, seven armed robbers made off with a staggering US$4.4 million in cash from Ecobank's Bulawayo branch at the Parkade Centre on Th...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:30hrs | 2155 | by Staff reporter
4 Zimbabweans and 1 South African in court for stealing Land Cruiser
Four local men and one South African national appeared in a Harare court charged with stealing a Toyota Land Cruiser in South Africa and smuggling it into Zimbabwe using forged documents. ...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:08hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo businessman charged for stealing excavator
Mohamed Daka, a businessman from Bulawayo, has appeared in court facing charges of attempting to seize control of a mine in Matabeleland North's Umguza district and illegally selling its excavator.&nb...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 18:13hrs | 3048 | by Staff reporter
Fire engulfs Zimbabwe Police Station, guts 12 vehicles
A HUGE fire yesterday extensively damaged at least 12 vehicles at the Southerton Vehicle Theft Squad (VTS) in Harare, with preliminary investigations suggesting an electrical fault was the likely caus...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 11:35hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers get away with US$7,000 loot
A SUSPECTED notorious armed robber from Chegutu yesterday appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing three counts of armed robbery.Benjamin Chipiri (38) was advised to approach ...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police intensifies blitz on motorists
Law enforcement authorities in Zimbabwe, in collaboration with various stakeholders, have significantly escalated their efforts to target vehicles operating in violation of the law. These operations f...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Blitz against motorists still continuing
The police have announced the continuation of their "Tame the Traffic Jungle" operation, which targets vehicles that are unregistered or unlicensed, operators providing public transport without the pr...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff eporter
Zimbabwe police blitz triggers commuter blues
Thus far, over 19,000 motorists have been apprehended across the country as part of the ongoing operation targeting unregistered and unlicensed vehicles, public transport providers lacking proper lice...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chinese investigators arrest murder suspect in Zimbabwe
CHINESE detectives successfully investigated the murder of their two countrymen in Zimbabwe, leading to the arrest of a Chinese national.One of the accused, Chen Long (34) appeared before Hara...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
De-registration of unlicenced vehicles starts
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has started the de-registration of vehicles that have remained unlicenced for more than two years.This comes after Zinara released a stateme...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target unregistered vehicles
A stepped up joint operation headed by the police against unlicensed, uninsured, unregistered motor vehicles, mushikashika and illegal kombis has seen 81 motorists arrested since Monday.Kombis...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-police chief to perform community service
FORMER officer Commanding CID Vehicle Theft Squad (VTS) at Southerton Police Station in Harare, Chief Superintendent Kirispen Mutsengi, has been ordered to perform 315 hours of community service after...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:07hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Anti-smuggling blitz nets 200 luxury vehicles
So far 200 top-of-the-range vehicles, all probably stolen and smuggled into Zimbabwe, have been impounded under a joint operation between the Zimbabwe Republic Police and Interpol targeting vehicles s...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Blitz targets top-of-the-range cars
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is conducting a joint operation with the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) targeting top-of-the-range vehicles believed to have been stolen in ne...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 robbers pose as cops
TWO men have been brought to court for allegedly masquerading as police officers and robbing unsuspecting people on five occasions.Nelson Madhevere (23) of Chibara Farm and Edwin Muchagwa (42)...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
20-year-old 'steals' 10 cars in a 2-months spree
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 20-year-old man and four of his accomplices who had stolen 10 cars in a two-month spree of carjacking and car theft.The five reportedly stole 10 cars in the ...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zacc achieves 60% conviction rate?
CLOSE to 60 percent of all corruption cases investigated by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) since the reconstitution of the anti-graft body in 2019 have resulted in convictions at the c...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Selling of stolen cars increases
There is an increase in cases of thieves selling stolen vehicles to unsuspecting buyers, police said yesterday.This comes after police have in the past few months, arrested several car t...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Cop loses car to thieves
A POLICE officer stationed at the Police Protection Unit was left clutching his car keys when he discovered that his Honda Fit car which he had parked directly opposite his workplace at Southampton bu...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 17:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Firm loses five smuggled trucks
The Supreme Court has confirmed the forfeiture of five haulage trucks smuggled into the country by a local company saying they were tainted property.Madefit Investments (Pvt) Limited is said t...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Car stolen in SA, found in Bulawayo day after
THREE suspected car thieves believed to have stolen a vehicle in South Africa were arrested on Wednesday in Bulawayo, thanks to satellite tracking and quick action by the police and a private security...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Stolen car deal backfires for Bulawayo pair
POLICE in Bulawayo have said there has been a rise in fraud cases involving the sale of motor vehicles, hence members of the public must exercise due diligence when entering into any deals.One...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Satellite technology helps Safeguard Bulawayo director foil SA car theft
Three suspected car thieves believed to have stolen a Mercedes Benz in South Africa were apprehended on Wednesday morning in Bulawayo thanks to satellite tracking and quick action by Safeguard Securit...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after criminals 'not around him'
Criminals must never be given breathing space to commit offences because that will not only harm people and the society as a whole, but also impede the attainment of national development goals that th...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top cop arrested for abusing exhibit vehicle
A TOP cop has appeared in court after he was allegedly involved in an accident while driving an exhibit vehicle.Chief Superintendent Kirisipen Mutsengi (55), who is officer commanding Vehicle ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:56hrs | 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 | 13 | 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 | 8 | 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
Harare woman arrested for car theft
A Harare woman has been arrested for being part of three suspects, two of them foreigners, believed to be part of a vehicle smuggling and carjacking syndicate operating in the SADC region.The ...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 14:09hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
5 smuggled haulage trucks forfeited
A TRUCKING company had five of its haulage trucks smuggled into the country seized by the State after the High Court ruled they were tainted property, in a civil-judicial forfeiture case. ...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Vehicles theft cases on the increase
The Zimbabwe Republic Police's crack anti-theft vehicle unit is appealing to motorists to be on the lookout for robbers that are masquerading as hitch hikers on the country's high way. This co...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police criminal syndicate busted
THE Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) and the Drugs and Narcotics outfit that falls under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have busted an alleged underground syndicate comprising top poli...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police fire live bullets in Chinhoyi...kill 1 suspect
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has confirmed the arrest of three suspects and the death of another in a shooting incident which occurred while detectives from Vehicle Theft Squad(VTS) were in the proces...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 17:57hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo businessman buys US$43 000 stolen car
A PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman has been duped by a Harare car dealer who allegedly sold him a Ford Ranger worth US$43 000 which was stolen from South Africa. Mr Phathisani Nkomo (47) of Kuma...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Augustine Chihuri faces arrest
FORMER Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri and two serving senior officers face arrest on charges of criminal abuse office following completion of investigations into their cases. Ch...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hunt for Mugabe's top cop begins
FORMER Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri and two serving senior officers face arrest on charges of criminal abuse of office following the completion of investigations into their cases. ...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police brutality victim compensated 9 years on
A HARARE man, who was shot several times on both legs by the police in a case of mistaken identity during an investigation into the theft of a motor vehicle in 2010, has finally been paid ZWL$21 000 i...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teenager arrested for stealing taxis
Police have arrested a 17-year-old suspect on allegations of stealing two taxis in separate incidents in Harare. The suspect (name withheld) from Dzivaresekwa 1 in Harare, was arrested by detectives f...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teen attempts to steal MP's vehicle
A HARARE teenager was arrested yesterday while trying to steal Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu's car using Senator Josiah Hungwe's name.The 18-year-old - Kingsolom Mlambo - communicated to t...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti investigating officer refuses to answer questions
THE investigating officer in the trial of MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti refused to answer questions last week, drawing a sharp rebuke from the former finance minister's defence attorney....Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:24hrs | 4 | by newzimbabwe
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