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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
'Gun smuggling fuels spike in crime rate'
HUMAN rights activists have alleged that gun smuggling from neighbouring South Africa, poverty and high unemployment levels have led to the surge in armed robberies in the country.This comes a...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers bundle family in vehicle, set it ablaze
POLICE in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt of four men who ransacked a Harare home, tied the family inside a car and drove to Beatrice where they set the vehicle ablaze....Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for 5 robbers
POLICE in Bindura have launched a manhunt for five suspected robbers linked to a series of armed robberies in Mashonaland Central province.The five, all believed to be from Harare, were initia...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 more bogus traffic cops arrested
Two more alleged bogus cops nabbed on charges of impersonation traffic police officers and duping several motorists have appeared before a Harare Magistrate bringing to 7 the number arrested so far on...Published: 19 Jun 2017 at 17:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cops mount roadblocks
Identifying genuine traffic police officers is likely to be difficult for motorists as it emerged that expelled policemen and unscrupulous people were mounting illegal roadblocks using spikes to colle...Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 06:39hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cops 'arrest' council executive, demand $10 000
Two daring men allegedly masqueraded as police officers and "arrested" the chief executive of Chikomba Rural District Council for alleged criminal abuse of office and demanded $10 000 for his release....Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Armed robbery suspect acquitted
AN armed robbery suspect, arrested last month together with two others already serving a combined 104 years in jail for terrorising white commercial farmers and businesspeople in Masvingo, has been ac...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 07:09hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Fake 'cops'get eight months suspended sentence for $1 extortion
TWO men who masqueraded as police officers and demanded $40 from a Pumula East vendor, who they threatened to arrest if she did not pay them, but later extorted only $1, have been sentenced to the...Published: 08 Apr 2015 at 15:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Fake cops arrested
A three-man Harare gang - two of whose members masqueraded as police officers - was last week arrested for robbing a city man of US$60.Lovemore Mufambi (42), Tafadzwa Chikanya (20) and Christo...Published: 09 Sep 2012 at 12:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP claimant rapes woman, while the other watched
TWO Zimbabwe Republic Police groundsmen at Tomlinson depot allegedly masqueraded as policemen and "arrested a woman" for loitering before one of them raped her while the other watched.Witmore ...Published: 07 Sep 2011 at 04:51hrs | | by Court Reporter
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