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2 cops nabbed in foiled robbery
TWO serving members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and their two unemployed accomplices appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Saturday facing armed robbery charges.The suspects, W...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Hooker languishes in prison over client's crime
A Harare sex-worker who was caught in a dragnet arrest has been freed after languishing in prison for two days over her client's offence.Rutendo Hwata (31) was granted bail followi...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:41hrs | 3140 | by Staff reporter
Suspected robber shot dead
POLICE gunned down a suspected armed robber and arrested five others during a crackdown after the suspects raided a gold mine in Shurugwi in Midlands Province and went away with 400kg of crushed gold ...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:33hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Son robs dad of gold, US$14 000
A DARING 21-year-old man teamed up with five accomplices to rob his father of US$14 000, 16 grammes of gold and mobile phones early this year.Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Manicaland...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:32hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Trio claims severe assault while in police custody
A TRIO from Parirewa village in Domboshava, Mashonaland East province, facing kidnapping and armed robbery charges yesterday claimed that they were severely beaten and harassed while in police custody...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Police name 11 suspects wanted for How Mine robbery, reward offered
Police on Wednesday released names of 11 people they say are wanted over the October 4 gun robbery of a cash-in-transit van carrying gold from How Mine to Fidelity Printers in Bulawayo.Nationa...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:28hrs | 1410 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrest 3 suspects in probe into How Mine gold robbery
Police on Wednesday made a breakthrough in their investigation into Tuesday's gun attack on a security convoy from How Mine during which 11.9kg of gold worth US$650,000 was taken.Three men sus...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 21:27hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
Notorious armed robber with 20 pending cases acquitted
A NOTORIOUS armed robber with 20 pending cases was last Friday acquitted of money laundering charges alongside his wife after a Harare magistrate found him not guilty of the crime.On Friday, m...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
US$200,000 armed robber in court
ONE of the seven armed robbers who raided Access Finance Bureau De Change in Bulawayo and got away with thousands of United States dollars appeared in court yesterday.Nkosilathi Ncube (43) of ...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:41hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers ambush Company, get away with US$105 410
A 43-year old man from Gwanda's Magwe Irrigation Scheme under Chief Mathe and his accomplices have been accused of raiding Poly Packaging Pvt Ltd in Bulawayo at gunpoint and getting away with US$105 4...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1633 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council rangers go on rampage
A resident of Bulawayo's peri-urban St Peters village is nursing gunshot wounds after municipal rangers went on the rampage beating residents before firing live ammunition in a dispute over armed robb...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:16hrs | 2156 | by Staff reporter
Judge castigates police in journalist arrest
HIGH Court judge Justice Nyaradzo Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa has slammed arresting officers in the case where journalist Xolisani Ncube is facing armed robbery charges for failing to provide evidenc...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor faces fresh criminal charges
Principal public prosecutor Henry Muringani appeared in court yesterday on fresh charges of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly assisted four armed robbers prepare bail applications that resul...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:43hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Top prosecutor faces more graft charges
HIGH Court principal prosecutor Henry Muringani now faces six counts of criminal abuse of office after he was slapped with four more counts yesterday.Muringani (40) was remanded to March 29 fo...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:22hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Gold ore robbers appear in court
Eight suspected armed robbers who on Tuesday stormed Empress Gold Mine in Mashava before getting away with 1kg of gold-rich ore have appeared before a Masvingo Magistrates Court today.Initiall...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
High Court prosecutor to know his fate tomorrow
PRINCIPAL public prosecutor at the High Court Henry Mugove Muringani will know his fate tomorrow on charges of illegally assisting an armed robber to be granted bail after manipulating the charge shee...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
High Court prosecutor ‘assists' criminals to get bail
PRINCIPAL public prosecutor at the High Court, Henry Mugove Muringani, has been arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office for allegedly defeating the course of justice after he allegedly assi...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
US$40k heist: Two solders appear in court
TWO soldiers, who gunned down a man in a US$40 000 heist in Hatfield, Harare, appeared in court yesterday facing murder and armed robbery charges,Lameck Kabara and Christopher Charuma, both 39...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:24hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Shootout escapee in court for robbery
ONE of the suspected armed robbers, who escaped a shoot-out that claimed the lives of three of his colleagues at ex-detective Joseph Nemaise's house on Monday night appeared at the Harare Magistrates ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:26hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
CID launches manhunt for suspect
Police have roped in the International Police Organisations (Interpol) with a view to track down one of Zimbabwe's most wanted armed robbery suspects, Conwell Junior Kasambarare (26), believed to be p...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Robbers escape after police shootout
A gang of armed robbery suspects is believed to have sped off with gunshot wounds in Bulawayo following a shootout with police, as a crack team was set up to track down one of Zimbabwe's most wanted a...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Manhunt for Zimbabwe most wanted robber
One of Zimbabwe's most wanted armed robbery suspects, Conwell Junior Kasambarare (26) believed to be part of Musa Taj Abdul's gang, and is facing a plethora of robbery and housebreaking charges has ju...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 13:53hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Serial armed robber arrested
One of the country's most wanted serial armed robbers who survived a shoot-out with police along Glenara Avenue South in Harare, in which five of his accomplices were killed in March last year has bee...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Cops in trouble for stealing tobacco bales
TWO top Marondera detectives who, after intercepting more than 100 stolen tobacco bales, connived with the armed robbers, sold the loot and shared the proceeds were last week arraigned before regional...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Top cops in daring robbery
Two top Marondera detectives allegedly intercepted more than 100 stolen tobacco bales and connived with the armed robbers to sell the loot before sharing the proceeds.Tapera Bvunzawabaya (36) ...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier arrested for armed robbery
A SOLDIER, Raymond Negomo Dzapasi (34), has been arrested and arraigned before the courts facing an armed robbery charge.Dzapasi of B1 Mechanised Battalion, Inkomo Barracks, on Saturday appear...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Presidential guard shot in armed robbery
A MEMBER of the Presidential Guard was recently shot by detectives and fled with a bullet lodged in his rib cage after robbing a Chitungwiza service station of cash, a firearm and other valuables....Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:50hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Soldier in US$60 000 armed robbery
A SERVING soldier yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate on an armed robbery charge after he allegedly attacked a Chinese national and got away with US$60 000 in cash and US$25 000 in valuables...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Soldier supplied bullets to Harare robbery gang, court hears
Four alleged armed robbers charged with murder on Monday were supplied ammunition by a 35-year-old soldier, a court has been told.Zvidozvashe Dzuda, 35, a section officer in the ordinance dire...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 18:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZB Bank US$2,7m cash in transit suspect denied bail again
THE High Court has dismissed a second bail appeal by one of the suspects in the US$2,7 million ZB Bank cash-in-transit heist early this year, Trymore Chapfika.Chapfika is facing armed robbery ...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:51hrs | 1 | by staff reportr
Cash-in-transit heist suspect loses appeal
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal for bail pending trial by one of the suspects in the US$2,7 million ZB Bank cash-in-transit heist early this year, Neverson Mwamuka.Mwamuka had appeal...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Suspected armed robbers shoot, injure couple
THREE suspected armed robbers have been nabbed on allegations of shooting and injuring a Granary couple before getting away with money and mobile phones all valued at US$20 000. Givemore Musur...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 15:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | 5 | by Miriam Mangwaya
Prosecutor under probe over suspect's bail
Law officer Mr Douglas Chesa, who consented to bail for suspected armed robber Douglas Mutenda on December 8, is now under probe after detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Released armed robber vanishes
Police have launched a manhunt for suspected armed robber Douglas Mutenda, who was released on bail after prosecutor Mr Douglas Chesa consented to bail on December 8. Mutenda (31) is facing se...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'No medical drugs in Zimbabwe prison'
An HIV-positive inmate at Harare Remand Prison yesterday told magistrate Judith Taruvinga that he was not accessing medical treatment due to unavailability of drugs at the prison clinics. The ...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Injured car thief forces magistrate out of court
Visitors to the Harare Magistrates Courts were yesterday treated to a rare spectacle when a court session was held outside a courtroom after a suspected car thief who was severely beaten at a shrine b...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for torturing, robbing usiphatheleni
A MAN who was part of a seven-men gang that raided an illegal money changer at his Pumula home before torturing him into revealing where he had hidden cash has been sentenced to an effective 10 years ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber in court for over R 567k robbery, shooting victim 8 times
A SOUTH AFRICA-BASED man has been taken to Beitbridge Regional Magistrates' Courts, facing armed robbery charges involving ZAR567 000, mobile phones and a Toyota Allex vehicle.Enock Nyamani (3...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:21hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbers shot dead
FOUR suspected serial armed robbers - out on bail facing 24 armed robbery charges involving cash, vehicles, guns and jewellery - were shot dead during a shootout with police in Kwekwe. The sus...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA bound bus armed robber arrested
A BEITRIDGE man, who was part of a five-men armed robber gang that robbed 32 Brooklyn Bus passengers of cash and property valued at about R200 000, $16 300 and US$340 in February, has been arrested wh...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1577 | by Staff reporter
Teenage armed robber killed over loot sharing
A TEENAGER from Old Pumula suburb in Bulawayo who was stabbed to death in an incident that left his friend hospitalised, was part of a syndicate of armed robbers who turned on each other after rowing ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed robber faces fresh charges
JAILED robber Jobson Shonhe, who robbed several buses and passengers at gunpoint late last year, together with his accomplices, was last week convicted on three counts of attempted murder and two coun...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:40hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
'Armed robber' businesswoman in court
A GWANDA based businesswoman has been arrested after she allegedly threatened to shoot a group of mine workers before stealing mining equipment worth $3 760 and $200 cash. Siboniso Sayi (40), ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fugitive prisoner arrested
Police have arrested one of the three hard-core criminals who escaped after they allegedly assaulted prison officers while in transit, before jumping off a moving prison truck. Timothy Muhari ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
$1,7 million Chinese company cash heist: Suspect in court
One of the suspects who allegedly robbed a Chinese company, PHI Commodities, of $1,7 million cash in Aspindale, Harare, while armed with pistols, metal bars and explosives early this year appeared in ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth chair in court on armed robbery charges
Zanu-PF Mashonaland West youth league chairman Vengai Musengi has been arraigned before a Chegutu Magistrate facing armed robbery charges.The charges arose from the first round of voting in th...Published: 19 May 2018 at 14:43hrs | 209 | by Satff reporter
Guard arrested for $1.8m cash heist, $32 000 recovered
A HARARE-BASED security guard, who allegedly connived with armed robbers who pounced on a Chinese firm and got away with a $1 799 960 cash heist, was arrested and found in possession of $32 000 of the...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:19hrs | 2433 | by Staff reporter
3 armed robbers nabbed after shoot-out
Three armed robbers were last Friday arrested following a shoot-out with police in Marlborough, Harare.Police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the incident...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on Bona Mugabe mansion
Three armed robbers stormed a construction site in Umwisdale, which is believed to belong to Bona Mugabe, and manhandled a police officer on duty before fleeing with items worth $4 800.Robson ...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:12hrs | 5073 | by Staff reporter
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