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NPA claims to be on top of the game
The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) has announced significant progress in its efforts to combat crime, having already surpassed last year's trial and conviction records at the Harare...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 09:54hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean nurse aid robs Ireland pensioners
"LOCK them up for a long time because they are evil," were the words of one of six vulnerable pensioners preyed on by their former carer for Euro 34 000 in violent burglaries in Athlone, Co. Westmeath...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:13hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean trio jailed in UK over £3m drugs conspiracy
Three Zimbabweans who were part of a drug syndicate have been jailed in Stafford, United Kingdom.Wolverhampton resident Kudakwashe Mutanga, 48, described as the syndicate's kingpin, is beginni...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 08:29hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
2 men drive to State House, demand to see Mnangagwa
Two Harare men were arrested this month after attempting to visit State House on separate occasions, each requesting to see President Emmerson Mnangagwa.One of the men, Felix Togaraseyi Magure...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 13:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Eleph Gula-Ndebele arrested for possession of cocaine
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi has officially announced the apprehension of Eleph Khumbula Gula-Ndebele and five others on charges of unlawful posse...Published: 25 May 2024 at 13:30hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Harare's haven of sex, drugs and vice
Esnath first traded sex at age 13, after she was forced out of her family home in Harare's old suburb of Mbare.To survive, she decided to lie about her age, she said, taking refuge with a grou...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police name, shame drug lords
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has resorted to naming and shaming convicted drug dealers as part of efforts aimed at addressing the scourge.In a statement accompanying the names of 28 conv...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shock as Bulawayo's notorious drug dealer goes into hiding
Notorious Bulawayo drug dealer, Charles George Wilson who gained notoriety after an investigation into his convictions revealed possible corruption at the Tredgold Magistrates Courts has gone into hid...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 06:50hrs | 23 | by Simba Jemwa
Notorious drug dealer court papers vanish...fears of corruption at Tredgold Courts raised
An investigation by Bulawayo 24 into sentences effected on a notorious Bulawayo drug dealer has resulted in questions being asked about the integrity of the Tredgold Magistrates Courts after court pap...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 08:42hrs | 19 | by Simba Jemwa
UK-based Zimbabwean found guilty of murdering homeless barrister in UK
A Zimbabwean man is facing life behind bars for the horrific killing of a disabled barrister who was living rough on Canterbury's streets.Sobantu Sibanda, the son of a university lecturer and ...Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 22:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver in drugs smuggling scam
A truck driver was recently apprehended at the Beitbridge Border Post in Matabeleland South by the police for unlawful possession of over 14,000ml of pharmaceutical drugs. Edison Kazingizi, aged 29, w...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Alleged cop drug mule acquitted
A police officer stationed at Buchwa in the Midlands province was acquitted on Friday of allegations that he conspired with drug syndicates to collect drugs from India while he was on leave.Ha...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cocaine dealer nabbed
Suspected cocaine dealer Taurai Musindo (38) was remanded in custody yesterday after appearing before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibindi being charged wit...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 13:26hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Ex-top govt official up for drug peddling
A FORMER principal accountant in the Finance and Economic Development ministry, Tonderai Musekiwa has been arrested for allegedly dealing in dangerous drugs.Musekiwa (50) appeared at the Harar...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
76 people arrested in anti-drug crackdown
POLICE arrested 76 people in the operation, "No to dangerous drugs and illicit substances," on Good Friday.Cumulatively, 4 843 have been arrested countrywide since the launch of the operation ...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 14:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Shady characters around Mnangagwa
SPOTLIGHT seems to bring out the best and worst of people, and sometimes their true colours. Self-proclaimed prophet Uebert Angel is among people caught off-guard by the four-episode Al Jazeera docume...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:36hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Naked romp leads to cocaine bust
Two young women from Harare found walking around hotel corridors naked and behaving strangely, apparently under the influence of drugs, appeared in court yesterday charged with unlawful possession of ...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Models in drug storm
Models Tumelo Nare and Precious Bango have been remanded in custody until tomorrow for a bail hearing. The pair appeared in court on Tuesday, after they were found in possession of drugs. ...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested in Zimbabwe's anti-drugs fight
Police have intensified their campaign against drug suppliers and peddlers under a special operation which has seen several people, including a policeman, being arrested in the past five days while pr...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Schools concealing drug and substance abuse by students'
SCHOOLS in the country are reportedly concealing rampant drug and substance abuse by students to protect their reputation, NewsDay Weekender can reveal.This comes as the country has been exper...Published: 28 Jan 2023 at 19:10hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Corrupt cartels shouldn't hold nation at ransom but be held to account!
It was really strange reading a report - whereby, Fossil Group, threatened to retrench over 2,000 workers - ostensibly, in response to its, and its proprietor Obey Chimuka's recent placement on the US...Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 23:23hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Armed robberies shoot up in Zimbabwe
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday said the sharp increase in the crime rate is a national security threat that is also scaring away potential foreign investors.Kazembe was speaki...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drug lord blocked from starting new life in Zimbabwe
Plans by an Irish drug lord, Christy Kinahan Snr, to start a new life Zimbabwe were blocked recently when he was reportedly denied residency after buying properties, with authorities arguing he was no...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Motor Action midfielder in court for cocaine possession
FORMER footballer, Devine Sena (37) has been arrested and charged with possession of dangerous drugs.Sena, a former midfielder for the now defunct Premier Soccer League side, Motor Action, was...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drug cartels turn Zimbabwe into a hub
Zimbabwe is fast becoming a destination of choice for smugglers of dangerous drugs such as heroin, with police saying syndicates involving locals and foreigners were on the loose.The country h...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean drugs mule arrested Indian airport
A Zimbabwean woman was Wednesday arrested after she was found in possession of a kilogram of cocaine by customs officers at the Indira Gandhi International airport.The woman has not been named...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Former colony resists direct British rule
The British Virgin Islands' acting premier says "draconian measures" would undermine the "historical constitutional progress"The acting premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has expresse...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malawi deports 2 Zimbabwean cocaine dealers
Two Zimbabwean nationals were deported from Malawi on Satuday after their residence status was revoked over cocaine possession.According to spokesperson for Malawi's central region immigration...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman sentenced to 5 years in prison in Seychelles
Seychelles' Supreme Court sentenced a Zimbabwean female national to five years in prison for the importation and trafficking of controlled drugs on Thursday. According to the Anti-...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Baby-faced Zimbabwean drug dealer jailed in the UK
A baby-faced drug dealer headed up a county lines operation from a base at a Premier Inn hotel room. Bradley Dhlamini, 23, of Parsonage Street, Bury, was arrested at the Premier Inn on Little Wind Str...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 12:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZRP, Interpol operation nets 2 000
At least 2 000 people have been arrested countrywide during the ongoing operation by the police with back-up from Interpol and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (Afripol) targeting in...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Courier dumps 695g of cocaine at lodge
INVESTIGATIONS have revealed that the unknown Harare woman believed to be part of a drug trafficking syndicate who recruited and hired an Indian courier who abandoned 695g of cocaine worth over $6,5 m...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
ICC bans Brendan Taylor for 3 years
FORMER Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor has been banned from all forms of cricket for three and a half years after he pleaded guilty to breaching four International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Corruptio...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 21:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Taylor bats into cricket storm
FORMER Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor has revealed that the International Cricket Council is about to "impose a multi-year ban on my international cricketing career" after he allegedly delayed report...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police seize one million kilogrammes of mbanje
POLICE have seized more than one million kilogrammes of marijuana and thousands of kilogrammes of other illegal narcotics valued at $38 million since the beginning of the year.Statistics provi...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 23:22hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
SA drug mule faints in Zimbabwean court
A drug smuggler fainted on Tuesday after she was jailed for 12 years by a Harare court.South African Shila Khumalo swallowed 60 balls of cocaine wrapped in plastic as she travelled from Brazil...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA drug mule jailed 12 years in Zimbabwe
SOUTH African drug dealer, Shila Khumalo, who was convicted in May this year, collapsed at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday shortly after chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi sentenced her to 12 ...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man nabbed with cocaine in Beitbridge
A 32-year-old Chitungwiza man has been arrested in Beitbridge after being found in possession of cocaine with a street value of $54 255 on Wednesday afternoon. Philip Nyahodza was not asked to...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 18:18hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Malaba crisis: Drama at contempt hearing
THERE was drama yesterday after one of the three judges designated to hear an application seeking the arrest of Chief Justice Luke Malaba recused himself after confirming that he had met with the head...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police in $8 million drug bust
POLICE have arrested 93 suspected drug dealers nationwide in a week-long operation dubbed "No to Crystal Meth" leading to the recovery of an assortment of illicit drugs worth more than $8 million....Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:26hrs | | by Staa reporter
ZRP joins Interpol in drug trafficking operation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police was among countries in Africa and the Middle East that recently participated in an International Police Organisations (Interpol)'s operation code-named "Lionfish" which wa...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA drug mule denies charges
The South African woman arrested last week at Robert Mugabe International Airport while allegedly smuggling into Zimbabwe US$7 770 000 worth of cocaine from Brazil, yesterday denied dealing in dangero...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Woman swallows 1kg cocaine at Zimbabwe airport
POLICE intends to further detain a woman who was found with 975 grammes of cocaine in her stomach at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport so that they recover the swallowed drug.The...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreigner nabbed with $7m cocaine
POLICE in Harare yesterday said they arrested a foreign female on Monday 10, for attempting to smuggle cocaine with a street value of $7 million at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport....Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth league rocked by indiscipline
ACTING deputy secretary for youth affairs in the Zanu-PF politburo, Tendai Chirau has accused some members of the ruling party's youth league of acting in a manner detrimental to the moral standing of...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop up for drug smuggling
A POLICE officer, accused of being part of a drug smuggling syndicate, has been arraigned before the Harare Magistrates' Courts on criminal abuse of office charges.Harrison Muzarewetu, 35, all...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:17hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Council boss remanded in custody for bail ruling
Harare City Council director of works Zvenyika Chawatama appeared in court yesterday for the second time in a week charged with fraud after he allegedly appointed himself town clerk.He was rem...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Brazilian national arrested with $32m worth cocaine
A SECOND Brazilian national was recently arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport while carrying cocaine valued at US$32 million, a day after another national from the South America...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cocaine dealers arrested at Robert Mugabe Airport
A BRAZILIAN national and her local accomplices have been arrested for illegal possession of 230 grammes of cocaine valued at $1 932 000.Patience Muringa (32), Siege Fried Zibusiso Dhlovu (33) ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
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