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2 Zimbabweans, 5 SA police crime gang nabbed
IN a sting operation this week South African Police Services (Saps) arrested two Zimbabweans and five Saps serving members over a violent crime wave in Johannesburg's Fordsburg area.In a state...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec yet to decide on leaked papers
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) says it has no plans to order the rewriting of three leaked Ordinary Level examination papers despite that this may dent the reputation of the country...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:49hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Team Pachedu threatens to hack ZEC website
Shadowy internet pressure group Team Pachedu has threatened to illegally login into the website of Zimbabwean Electoral Commission after claiming that its cyber experts have gotten hold of the elector...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 15:06hrs | 1542 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South Africa forfeits Zimbabwe smuggler's R9m gold contraband
A SOUTH AFRICAN court has ordered the seizure of 23 pieces of gold, worth R9 million, that were smuggled by a Zimbabwean man, Tashinga Nyasha Masinire, into the neigbhouring country in May last year....Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Notorious Limpopo armed robber nabbed
A 21-year-old man from Zvishavane who is alleged to be part of an armed robbery gang that has been terrorising illegal migrants and smugglers at an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo River was y...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Woman nabbed for abandoning child
A remorseful Mudzi woman surrendered herself to the police after seven months of abandoning her newly born baby by the roadside in Mutoko....Published: 05 Nov 2022 at 23:43hrs | 952 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man nabbed while trying to sell stolen cattle
A 42-YEAR -OLD Chinhoyi man who allegedly stole 16 cattle from two Zvimba farmers was arrested on Thursday.Sources close to investigati...Published: 05 Nov 2022 at 12:18hrs | 1545 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Indian national busted trafficking 7.7kg of heroin at RGMI Airport
An Indian national has been arrested with 7.7kg of heroin at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, police said on Monday.Gowada Nabin Chandra, 61, was nabbed on Sunday just before b...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 17:57hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Trio nabbed after surrendering gun as security for soft drinks
Three Harare men's bizarre attempt to quench their thirst through surrendering an unlicensed firearm to a tuck-shop operator as collateral security for four borrowed bottles of soft drinks saw them la...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 20:23hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
19 000 robberies, 3 500 murders rock Zimbabwe
Nearly 19 000 cases of robbery and over 3 500 murders were recorded in Zimbabwe between January 2020 and December 2021, official statistics show.Data obtained from the Zimbabwe National Statis...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:52hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
How Mine robbery suspects appear in court
THREE suspects linked to a gang that got away with How Mine's 11,9 kilogrammes of gold worth US$ 450 000 and four guns were yesterday brought to court by detectives who were seeking their further dete...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Zinara tightens screws on unlicensed vehicles
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it will bar all vehicles without valid licence discs from passing through tollgates.In a statement, Zinara said this would be implemente...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
'Operation no to accident victims theft'
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) blitz at Lundi Business Centre in Mwenezi led to the recovery of 7 000 litres of diesel and other goods including 550 kg of fertilizers, grocery items like...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:42hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Suspected armed robbers arrested
SUSPECTED armed robbers that went on rampage in the farming town of Karoi since last year have been nabbed.They were arrested on Saturday.Although the information was still sketchy at ...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1679 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious AK-47 assault rifles were smuggled for Zimbabwe Presidential Guard?
THE deepening mystery behind the recent botched smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles and scores of ammunition magazines through Beitbridge border post - now playing out in the courts - has been unravelle...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:20hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man nabbed for stock theft
A 50-year-old man from Bulawayo, Mandla Sibanda, has been arrested by police for stock theft after dozens of butchered cattle carcasses were reportedly discovered in a vehicle he was travelling in....Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 12:38hrs | 1915 | by Ndou Paul
Woman 'kills' husband over infidelity
A GWERU woman has been arrested for fatally stabbing her husband following a misunderstanding over a love text message that she had received from her suspected boyfriend.It is alleged that Mal...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
Foreigner arrested while trying to smuggle gun and ammunition into Zimbabwe
Police in Beitbridge arrested a 32-year-old foreign national, Mathabi Tshililo as he was attempting to smuggle a firearm and dangerous weapons into the country while at the Robert Mugabe International...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 17:34hrs | 1943 | by Staff reporter
Woman nabbed for poisoning grandfather
A Guruve woman is in soup after allegedly food poisoning her grandfather.Alice Phiri is facing a murder charge and she was ...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 19:43hrs | 1400 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Zimbabwe armed robbers flee with US$100,000 loot
THREE suspected armed robbers were arraigned before the Harare magistrates court on charges of robbing their victims of US$100 000 to R300 000.The trio Shadreck Musalonza (41), Raymond Motikar...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1378 | by Staff reporter
86 Malawians nabbed in Zimbabwe
POLICE have arrested 86 Malawi nationals found hidden at a house in Murewa, Mashonaland East province.According to a police memo seen by NewsDay, the group, which comprised 76 males and 10 fem...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Police recruits nabbed for forging ‘O' Level certificates
SEVERAL police recruits were arrested for allegedly forging their ordinary level (O level) certificates with the help of a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) employee.The issue came...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1135 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabweans, SA national in more than 1500 kg copper cables theft
SIX suspects were arrested after they were found in possession of more than 1 500 kgs of copper cables by a joint team comprising Zesa loss control officers, the police and other security officers at ...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:21hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Four nabbed for creating fake IDs
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested four suspects for creating fake IDs used for stealing pensioners money.The four suspects have allegedly swindled more than ZWL$15 00...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 12:23hrs | 3552 | by Desmond Nleya and Shelton Muchena
Seven nabbed for stealing 21 Donkeys in Botswana
Police in Plumtree on Monday arrested seven men for stealing 21 donkeys in and around the Zimbabwe-Botswana Border line, Bulawayo24.com has learnt....Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 20:53hrs | 739 | by Desmond Nleya
Zacc probes Mayor Wadyajena
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched an investigation into a case involving cotton farming inputs which were stocked at a warehouse linked to Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 3254 | by Staff reporter
Senior cop nabbed for possession of a Pangolin
Two senior police officers were yesterday nabbed in Rusape for illegal possession of a pangolin.Assistant Inspector Kasiya Kalolo ...Published: 09 Jul 2022 at 18:08hrs | 2041 | by Desmond Nleya / Simbarashe Sithole
Police arrest 112 gold panners in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC), in conjunction with the police, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) and the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority have since January this year ar...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:37hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested after five years on the run
THE long arm of the law finally caught up with a fugitive that had been on the run for allegedly murdering a man at a nightclub back in October 2017.Braveman Twala from Silobela in the Midland...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:12hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Car hijacker nabbed
A 52-YEAR-OLD Shamva man is in hot soup after he stole his neighbour vehicle two times.Eliot Dzuda appeared before Bindura magist...Published: 02 Jul 2022 at 21:46hrs | 506 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Brothers kill father over US$15
TWO siblings were arrested last Friday in Marondera after they allegedly killed their father during a quarrel over US$15 stolen from a shop.The duo, Eric (28) and Brian Kagoro (25) of Nyagambe...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:25hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
4 machete robbers arrested
FOUR robbers who were part of a six-member machete gang which has been terrorising people in Gweru's Mkoba and Woodlands areas have been arrested.The machete robbers stole cash and many other ...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Violence should not be condoned
IT is so saddening and unfortunate that the grisly demise of an innocent Chitungwiza woman has divided the nation to the point of driving citizens into a deadly vortex of murky politics.Morebl...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
'We have criminals among us,' says Bulawayo police boss
POLICE Officer Commanding Bulawayo Province, Commissioner Patton Mbangwa has said the first step towards ending the scourge of crime in Bulawayo was for residents to accept that "we have criminals amo...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:24hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Pistol lands couple in court
A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Emganwini suburb and his girlfriend have been dragged to court for illegal possession of a firearm.Simelweyinkosi Dube (27) and his girlfriend Carl Ncube were on Tuesday...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
23 arrested for bribing police
POLICE on Friday turned down bribe offers by 23 motorists they had nabbed for traffic offences at a roadblock in Norton and arrested them for an additional crime of bribery.The four hours blit...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Hospital workers nabbed for supplying stolen Covid Test Kits
Two Bindura hospital employees were on Wednesday nabbed by officials from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for allegedly supplying &nb...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 22:53hrs | 552 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Desmond Nleya
Zimbabwean man nabbed for calling Mnangagwa weakling
AN Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe man has been arrested for purportedly undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he said he was a weakling lacking stamina to address the country's economic challenges....Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:00hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
South Africa flagging fake IDs, passports
The net is closing in on syndicates manufacturing and selling fake South African passports and IDs.Following the arrest of a kingpin who allegedly sold fake IDs and passports, the Department o...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 09:18hrs | 3977 | by Staff reporter
NetOne cashier in $150m scam
A NETONE cashier was nabbed by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) after swindling the parastatal of $150 million in an airtime voucher scam.Daniel Kalira (39) splashed the money on...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Woman tries to bribe police with R100
A 27-year-old woman has been arrested on allegations of trying to bribe police officers with R100 at a roadblock along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Road while another man has been nabbed for smuggling a To...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for trying to bribe cops at road block
A HARARE man was arrested after he tried to bribe a police officer at a checkpoint along the Harare-Beitbridge highway on Friday.The man, identified by police as Anyway Pepukai, was a conducto...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:13hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Robbers strip 60 bus passengers naked
Two suspected robbers who ransacked CAG Travelling Tours Bus on its way to Chirundu from Harare and stripped 60 passengers naked were arrested in Harare yesterday.Morazhi Chapola (30) and Edso...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 17:59hrs | 3668 | by Staff reporter
Bogus doctor nabbed
A bogus medical doctor who masqueraded as a civil servant in Glendale was arrested and dragged to Concession magistrate court yesterday.Rishass Mushayakarere (42) appeared before magistrate Ch...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:42hrs | 246 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman in court for drug peddling
POLICE in Mudzi arrested a 40 -year-old woman who was drug peddling and dragged her to court.Dorcas Masanga was found with 22 satchets ...Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 06:20hrs | 763 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mudzi man nabbed for robbery
A 22-YEAR-OLD suspected robber is in soup for allegedly robbing a pedestrian of his US$20.The matter came to light at Mutoko magi...Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 06:16hrs | 657 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Ex-Zanu-PF local chairman arrested for stealing US$3k building material
FORMER Zanu-PF Kariba district chairman, Nomore Gosa, has been arrested along with three security guards for stealing an assortment of building materials worth US$3 000 from Padenga Holdings Crocodile...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:34hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Ex-convict arrested for killing rival suitor
AN ex-convict has been nabbed in connection with the killing of a Bulawayo man in an alleged love triangle last week.Malcom Wilson Martin (44) of Queens Park West suburb and Bonakele Tshabalal...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:29hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Blitz nets 45 000 unregistered cars
MORE than 45 100 motorists have so far been arrested for driving unregistered cars during the ongoing operation while over 1,6 million people were also nabbed countrywide for violating Covid-19 regula...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:35hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
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