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US$18,000 bureau de change heist in Bulawayo

Three armed robbers staged a daring daylight heist at a bureau de change in Bulawayo's central business district on Wednesday, fleeing with more than US$18,000 and R151,000 after disarming a security guard.National police spokesperson Comm…

Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:24hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter

Police arrest first suspect in Ruwa US$176,000 heist

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have made a breakthrough in the Ruwa unlawful entry case, arresting the first suspect linked to the theft of US$176,000.The incident, which occurred in early June, involved Harare businessman Joseph Marut…

Published: 18 Aug 2025 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter

Delta driver in $17,000 beer heist

A beer delivery driver employed by Delta Beverages in Hwange has been hauled before the courts after allegedly masterminding a booze-related scam that siphoned nearly US$17,000 worth of Chibuku Super from the company.Munyaradzi Gotora (38)…

Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 13:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Private hospitals to treat emergency cases regardless of payment

New legislation tabled in Parliament seeks to compel private hospitals to admit patients with life-threatening conditions for at least 48 hours-even if they cannot afford the services.The Medical Services Amendment Bill, presented by Justi…

Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:57hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe US$4 million heist suspects arrested in South Africa

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the arrest of two key suspects in connection with the high-profile US$4 million Ecobank robbery that shocked the nation in October 2024.Abraham Temenfi Vumbunu and Elijah Temayi Vumbunu were…

Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 11:42hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter

Securico ordered to pay mine US$675,000 over gold bullion heist

Security firm DDNS Security Operations, trading as Securico, has been ordered by the High Court to pay US$675,000 to How Mine after it lost nearly 12 kilograms of gold bullion in an armed robbery while ferrying the consignment to Bulawayo …

Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 14:35hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter

Security guard arrested in $4 million Ecobank cash heist probe

Police have made a breakthrough in Zimbabwe's largest-ever cash heist, arresting a suspect linked to the dramatic US$4 million robbery at an Ecobank branch in central Bulawayo last year.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Nomalanga Mseb…

Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 14:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

Police arrest suspects in Zimbabwe's biggest-ever cash heist

Police have made a significant breakthrough in the investigation into last year's US$4.4 million armed robbery at EcoBank in Bulawayo - the largest cash heist in Zimbabwean history.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Nomalang…

Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 10:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe bank heist now treated as attempted robbery

What was initially reported as a major armed robbery in Mt Darwin, in which US$700,000 and 2.4 kilogrammes of gold were allegedly stolen, is now being treated as an attempted robbery, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed.In an …

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 19:47hrs | 1641 | by Staff reporter

Armed trio escapes with over US$500,000 in daring Bulawayo mine heist

Three suspected armed robbers carried out a daring heist at the Old Nic Mine in Killarney, Bulawayo, on Wednesday, making off with over US$500,000 in cash.The robbery took place shortly before 1PM when the trio approached a security guard …

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 10:39hrs | 1864 | by Staff reporter

Man arrested in midnight heist near Renkini terminus

A man from Cowdray Park who thought he could outrun the law found himself behind bars after police caught him red-handed with stolen goods in a daring early-morning robbery gone wrong.Thabo Dube (29) was apprehended near Renkini Terminus i…

Published: 18 May 2025 at 11:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Gwanda police thwart brazen ore heist

Police in Gwanda Rural have successfully foiled a daring, movie-style gold ore theft operation, arresting six suspects and impounding equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The heist was thwarted under the cover of night last We…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Failed heist suspect gets instant justice

Police in Beitbridge have arrested a man suspected of attempting to rob shopkeepers in Dulivhadzimu, a busy area in the border town. The arrest came after a violent altercation with an angry mob, which helped to apprehend the suspect, whil…

Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 11:38hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police say 'making headway' 2 months after Ecobank US$4m heist

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has intensified its efforts to apprehend the armed robbers behind the dramatic US$4 million heist at the Ecobank Parkade branch in Bulawayo two months ago.The robbery, which occurred in less than two minu…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 16:37hrs | 2076 | by Staff reporter

Ecobank reopens Parkade branch after $4 million heist

Ecobank Zimbabwe has reopened its Parkade branch in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) after a two-month closure following a shocking armed robbery. The October 3 heist, described as Zimbabwe's largest, saw six masked robbers escap…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Armed robbers steal over US$36,000 in Harare heist

A company in Vainona, Harare, lost US$36,260 in a daring armed robbery early Friday morning, where three unidentified men stormed the premises, attacked a security guard, and made away with cash and valuables.The Zimbabwe Republic Police (…

Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 08:58hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter

Gold heist suspect in court

Nyasha Rusike, 38, appeared before Harare Magistrate Mrs. Marehwanazvo Gofa on charges of robbery after allegedly stealing gold valued at US$5,000 and other valuables from a gold miner. Rusike, who faces serious accusations related to the …

Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 15:32hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter

Harare church robbed of $54,200 in late-night heist

Police in Harare are investigating a daring robbery in which five masked men stole $54,200 from a church in Goodhope. The robbery occurred on October 31, 2024, around 11 p.m., when the suspects - each armed with a pistol and wearing balacl…

Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 16:51hrs | 1791 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe US$4 million heist suspects named

Police have enlisted the assistance of Interpol to help track down six armed robbers involved in a daring bank heist in Bulawayo last week, in which the gang made off with over US$4.4 million. Authorities have launched a manhunt for the su…

Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe's new land laws biggest heist'

Former Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has raised concerns over a possible land grab by Zimbabwe's elite following the government's announcement of a new model that allows for land acquired under the land reform programme to be transferred …

Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 07:50hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police to fish out US$4m heist criminals from South Africa

Police have enlisted the help of Interpol to track down six armed robbers who made off with over US$4.4 million in a daring bank heist in Bulawayo last week. The robbers, believed to be local criminals residing in South Africa, are part of…

Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo residents demand action over Ecobank heist

Bulawayo residents are voicing their concerns over safety in the city following a brazen daylight robbery at Ecobank last week, in which suspects allegedly made off with approximately US$4 million. The incident, which unfolded just a few k…

Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:02hrs | 1505 | by Staff reporter

Safeguard says not informed it would be moving US$4 million before heist

Security company Safeguard says it was not informed that it would be moving US$4 million by Ecobank before armed robbers seized the cash on a busy Bulawayo street on Thursday.Police said Friday that investigations were in progress and no a…

Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 12:07hrs | 1280 | 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 Thursday afternoon. The brazen midday rob…

Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:30hrs | 2164 | by Staff reporter

Robbers in dramatic school heist

Armed with explosives, machetes, and wearing balaclavas, a seven-member gang targeted Eureka Junior School in Banket around 2 a.m. on Tuesday, marking the second such raid in two years.The robbers believed the school was holding a large su…

Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 07:01hrs | 1203 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe army captain, 3 cops up for US$60,000 heist

A ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA)'s 3 Brigade Captain and three Mutare-based policemen have been arrested on allegations of robbing a Chinese national of US$60 000 as well as criminal abuse of office.The complainant Yao Jingjie (44)'s limbs w…

Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

3 more arrested over US$720 000 heist

Three more suspects involved in the US720 000 robbery, where a financial services company in Belgravia, Harare, was raided and lost over US$720 676, R10 500, Euro 120, a 7.65 mm CZ Vzor pistol and three laptops have appeared in court this …

Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

ZB Bank heist suspects to be reimbursed forfeited US$234,000

Four individuals who were acquitted in the ZB Bank money heist case, which made headlines two years ago, will have their forfeited money returned to them.The four individuals, Trymore Chapfikwa, Tozivepi Chirara, Dennis Madondo, and Tatend…

Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 19:31hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Suspect splurged part of US$2,7 million heist loot on cars for 'prophet'

Part of the US$2,7 million seized by seven suspects from a cash-in-transit truck which was transporting ZB Bank cash from Harare to Chinhoyi was used to buy cars for a self-styled prophet in appreciation, a Harare court heard Thursday.This…

Published: 13 May 2023 at 19:45hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Suspect splurged US$2,7 heist loot on cars for 'prophet'

Part of the US$2,7 million seized by seven suspects from a cash-in-transit truck which was transporting ZB Bank cash from Harare to Chinhoyi was used to buy cars for a self-styled prophet in appreciation, a Harare court heard Thursday.This…

Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Family of US$2,7m heist mastermind arrested

The family of Shadreck Njowa, the mastermind behind the ZB Bank US$2,7 million and $43 000 heist which occurred in January last year at Gwebi River Bridge along the Harare-Chirundu Road has been arrested in Harare.Njowa who had been on the…

Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Robbers net US$100,000 and R500,000 in Zimbabwe cash-in-transit robbery

Shots were fired as armed robbers targeted a cash-in-transit van on a busy street in Bulawayo on Monday morning.Police said US$100,000 and R500,000 was stolen as at least four armed men wearing balaclavas overpowered security guards from S…

Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:07hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe airport security screener 'stole US$2 million'

It was the perfect crime. Almost.Roselyn Dunga, a 31-year-old woman working as a security screener at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport was close to the end of her shift sometime in October last year.Her job that day was to m…

Published: 07 May 2022 at 19:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans in SA cash heist

ZIMBABWEAN Ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi has called on Zimbabweans living in the neighbouring country to desist from criminal activities as this tarnishes the good image of fellow hard-working and honest immigrants and the …

Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:44hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

US$2,5m bank heist: 2 jailed

THE wife of one of the robbers involved in the theft of US$2,5 million cash-in-transit for ZB Bank early last year has been jailed for an effective three years for acquiring properties with the ill-gotten money and being found in possessio…

Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Police recover US$700,000 of the US$2,7 million cash-in-transit heist

DETECTIVES investigating the US$2,7 million cash-in-transit heist have so far recovered US$700 000 from the suspects. Yesterday, another suspect appeared in court in connection with the heist and led to the recovery of US$63 000 and a Toyo…

Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 15:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

US$2,7m heist suspect killed in shoot-out, three still on the run

A suspect in the US$2,7 million ZB Bank cash-in-transit heist died in Zaka on Thursday in a shoot-out with detectives, while three others appeared in court yesterday. So far, police have arrested 11 suspects in the staged robbery and have …

Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:11hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

8 more arrested in US$2.5 million heist

EIGHT more suspected armed robbers have been arrested in connection with the US $2,5 million heist which occurred along the Harare-Chinhoyi Road Wednesday last week.This brings to 11, the number of suspects arrested so far in connection wi…

Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Police still to account for Fawcett cash-in-transit hijackers

POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday said they were still investigating a robbery case involving a Fawcett Security cash-in-transit (CIT) vehicle which was hijacked by armed robbers on Monday while it was transporting money from the Zimbabwe Unite…

Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube confirms new grand fiscal heist

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday unwittingly confirmed government committed a grand US$7 billion fiscal heist - by design or accident - when it banned without warning the multi-currency system and resuscitated the Zimdollar as the s…

Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 15:17hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Where is Zimbabwe's cash going?

Zimbabwe is currently going through serious shortages of literally everything from bottled water to bread.Queues have become a common feature across the country as Zimbabweans struggle to purchase even the basics.Even after suspending impo…

Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:15hrs | 13 | by Crecey Kuyedzwa - Fin24

$2 million cash heist in Harare

ELEVEN armed robbers pounced on a Harare company and stole close to $2 million in cash stashed in sacks and boxes and went on to buy luxury vehicles and rented houses uptown.Two of the suspects yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate M…

Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | 16 | 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.Dickson Morosi (32), Kundai Makwarimba (35) and Fo…

Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 08:48hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Rifles stolen, soldiers held up in South Africa military base heist

Cape Town - Six rifles have been stolen and soldiers held up during a robbery at a military base in Harare, Khayelitsha, early on Friday.News24 understands that five armed suspects stormed the 9 South African Infantry Battalion Base, overp…

Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 10:29hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter

The truth about this white Lamborghini & the OR Tambo heist

The owner of a white Lamborghini is among five people who appeared in court on Monday in connection with the heist at OR Tambo International Airport.But it's emerged that the vehicle, pictured in viral social media posts about the arrests,…

Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

$56,000 police heist sucks in gardener

A GARDENER has been implicated in the case in which an Indian businessman was robbed of $56 000 by a gang of 11 people, including six cops.The gang allegedly mounted a fake roadblock in Belvedere, Harare, where it pounced on Mr Nunaid Perv…

Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 08:20hrs | 847 | by Tendai Rupapa

$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 stationed at Mbare is accused in the robbery w…

Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 06:39hrs | 607 | 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 Belvedere, Harare and robbed an Indian busin…

Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 11:30hrs | 21 | 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 for duty after their colleagues were arre…

Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 06:47hrs | 398 | by Tendai Rupapa

Member of 6kg gold heist gang nabbed

ONE of the four-man gang that reportedly robbed five security guards of more than 6kg of gold worth US$340 000 at gunpoint in Kwekwe early this month has been arrested in Harare.Five National Eye security guards were transporting 6 335 kg …

Published: 16 Jul 2012 at 13:58hrs | 217 | by Court Reporter

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