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Notorious Beitbridge robbers arrested
BEITBRIDGE police have arrested five of the six suspected armed robbers that early last week allegedly stripped an ex-soldier Dogeni Patsika of R53 000 in a violent pre-dawn robbery.Reacting s...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2447 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier gives armed robbers hard time
AN ex-soldier cornered by armed robbers gave his attackers a hard time and caused the arrest of one of the suspects despite losing his money.Dogeni Patsika (44), a retired military instructor,...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:28hrs | 2739 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP confronts police over fatal shooting of Bulawayo man
THE opposition MDC Alliance has condemned police for the fatal shooting of Bulawayo resident Paul Munakopa (34) on Saturday evening after a high-speed chase.Bulawayo East legislator Illos Nyon...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Robber in court for $979 899 gold heist
A MAN from Pumula South in Bulawayo, who was part of a five-member gang, appeared in court on Thursday facing armed robbery charges involving 1 170,30 grammes of gold worth almost $979 899.The...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash saga: Arrest highway robbers, not Zinara officials
WHEN highway robbers become a menace, does it make sense for the authorities to solve the problem by arresting Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officials?This has become a burni...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1797 | by Brezh Malaba
BREAKING: Robbers break in at Mutodi's house
Information coming from Harare indicate that four men broke into the Borrowdale residence of former Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi and stole valuables including 30 pairs of designe...Published: 22 May 2020 at 16:20hrs | 5727 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police to intensify night patrols
POLICE have noted an increase in the number of urban commuters who are being robbed, saying night patrols were now being intensified to protect the masses. Criminals are now targeting people w...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Gold 'robbers' out on $1 000 bail
TWO illegal gold panners who allegedly trailed a haulage truck, which was coming from a mine in Filabusi before they attacked and robbed the driver of 1,17kg of gold worth $1 million at gunpoint have ...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Cornered robber surrenders
A cornered robber, who was allegedly part of a gang that stole US$59 000 from a businessman after posing as police officers enforcing lockdown regulations in Harare city centre, surrendered himself to...Published: 14 May 2020 at 17:06hrs | 2780 | by Staff reporter
Jailed robber's wife hides gun in field
A 33-YEAR-OLD Harare woman, believed to be linked to armed robbers, was arrested for hiding a gun in a maize field at her residence in Hatfield acting on instructions from her husband, who is at...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Pair up for $1m armed robbery
TWO Bulawayo armed robbers have appeared in court facing charges of stealing property and cash worth $1 041 996 in two house raids.Peter Ngwenya (52) and Thulani Ncube (39) were not asked to p...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:55hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers steal gold worth $1 million
FIVE armed robbers who were travelling in a Honda Fit followed a haulage truck, which was coming from a mine in Filabusi before they attacked and robbed the driver of 1,17kgs of gold worth $1 million ...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1176 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid Zimra deport
DARING armed robbers raided a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) container depot in Bulawayo and went away with a consignment of 148 boxes of Broncleer, a cough mixture which was banned over abuse as ...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:37hrs | 4038 | by Staff reporter
Guard loses pistol to robbers
AN illegal gold panner allegedly teamed up with three accomplices and raided a gold mine in Inyathi where they attacked a security guard before disarming him of his service pistol, which they later us...Published: 06 May 2020 at 15:20hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge police arrest spike-throwing robbers
BEITBRIDGE police on Tuesday night nabbed a gang of youths which was throwing spikes along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Highway and robbing motorists.The four-member gang missed a smaller vehicle a...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:32hrs | 2240 | by Staff reporter
Robbers in police uniform vanish with US$59 000
A gang of robbers, fed with information by an inside accomplice, robbed a Harare businessman of US$59 000, by pretending to be police officers enforcing lockdown regulations and then two of them squan...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Robbers in police uniform vanish with US$59 000
A gang of robbers, fed with information by an inside accomplice, robbed a Harare businessman of US$59 000, by pretending to be police officers enforcing lockdown regulations and then two of them squan...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:58hrs | 4215 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Thieves break into Zodwa Wabantu's house
Unknown robbers broke into the home of Zodwa Rebecca Libram, a South African media personality socialite and dancer, and stole clothes, a laptop, her grass machines, and stocks of perfume bottles she ...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 20:45hrs | 3711 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Trio arrested for car break-ins
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested three men, who took advantage of the lockdown, to go on a car break-in spree in the city.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Abednico Ncube yest...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Man escapes during Maphisa drammatic armed robbery...loses US$2 300
The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Maphisa have announced that they are investigating a case of armed robbery which occurred at Thandindaba Bridge last week. According to the police the complaina...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 23:34hrs | 4401 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Robbers granted bail
Two Concession brothers who allegedly assaulted a villager before robbing him of his money were granted bail by a Concession magistrate yesterday.Trust Mukwadi (29) and Leon Mukwadi(19) both o...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 09:00hrs | 1405 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Lockdown violation arrests rise
THE number of people arrested countrywide for violating lockdown regulations has increased to 7 385 with law enforcement agents continuing to target motorists following a significant rise in traffic i...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:33hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt for armed robbers
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for two thugs who shot a man who had stopped for a red traffic light in the city, in a failed robbery attempt. Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:32hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Gun-totting robbers raid tuckshop
THREE machete and gun-totting robbers raided a tuckshop in Vumba Heights and stole goods worth US$3 000.Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the robbery yeste...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 08:05hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
CIO operative robbed at gunpoint
A Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) based in Concession, Mashonaland Central province was allegedly robbed at gunpoint by Harare robbers....Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 16:26hrs | 3673 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Armed robber loses bail application
THE High Court has dismissed an application for bail pending trial by one of the eight armed robbers who allegedly raided a Chinese-owned mine and several houses in Bulawayo, robbing their victims of ...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 07:57hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Bheki Cele cracks down on illegal beer sales
South Africa's Police Minister Bheki Cele has vowed to crack down on illegal alcohol sales and looters who have struck several times since the lockdown began.Cele visited Paarl and Cape Town's...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 20:32hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Reason for Bheki Cele's hatred for alcoholics revealed
South Africans have been wondering why their Minister of Police Bheki Cele seems so combative in his fight against the selling of alcohol during the lockdown period and after. A quick search o...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 09:10hrs | 3132 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lockdown break-ins worry cops
POLICE in Matabeleland South Province have raised concern over cases of unlawful entry and theft from business premises which have become rampant during the prevailing lockdown resulting in loss of go...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:42hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
3 armed robbers arrested
Police have arrested three other members of a gang of armed robbers that raided a Chinese-owned mine in Lalapanzi and several houses in Bulawayo, stealing a total of US$20 000, bringing the total arre...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man in 5 million pula heist
A ZIMBABWEAN and six Batswana have been arrested for allegedly seizing almost five million pula from a cash-in-transit vehicle in the neighbouring country. Botswana police told that country's ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:22hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Police intensify blitz on Covid-19 defaulters
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Thursday night raided beer halls in Harare's suburbs in enforcement of a government directive banning public gatherings of more than 50 people to mitigate the spr...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:59hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Judge's son up for murder
THE son of a High Court judge and his two friends allegedly robbed a Harare cellphone dealer of his four handsets and fatally stabbed him before dumping the corpse in a bush in Ruwa. Munyaradz...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1911 | by Staff reporter
Army disowns robbery gang 'soldier'
THE Zimbabwe National Army has said one of the six notorious masked armed robbers, arrested in Gweru last week facing over 30 robbery cases involving over $500 000 in the Midlands capital, Value Mutiz...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 06:00hrs | 2708 | by Staff reporter
South African armed robbers killed by Zimbabwe police in shoot-out
Two of the five armed robbers killed in a shoot-out with police along Glenara Avenue in Harare yesterday were South Africans, while the other three who were captured alive were Zimbabweans; but the ga...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:44hrs | 3647 | by Staff reporter
Soldier in masked armed robbers gang
POLICE in Gweru have arrested six notorious masked armed robbers among them a soldier who were allegedly behind more than 30 robbery cases involving over half a million dollars in the Midlands capital...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:39hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
5 armed robbers killed in shoot-out
FIVE armed robbers accused of robbing two Harare businessmen - Messrs Tawanda Nyambirai and Rodney Dangarembizi - of over US$220 000, were yesterday killed in a shoot-out with detectives. Two ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:36hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers killed in shoot-out with
FIVE armed robbers accused of robbing two Harare businessmen - Messrs Tawanda Nyambirai and Rodney Dangarembizi - of over US$220 000, were yesterday killed in a shoot-out with detectives.Two o...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 17:42hrs | 2030 | by Staff Reporter
Businessman killers in accident
SIX armed robbers who allegedly shot and killed a popular local businessman - Kumbirai Kumbula - were early on Sunday morning involved in an accident along the Mutare-Masvingo highway as they fled in ...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:45hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma, gang in gold heist
A robbery syndicate coordinated by a traditional healer, whose role was reportedly to provide lucky charms to the criminals, has been arrested over a 1,8kg gold heist. Persuade Maponga (45) of Epworth...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:15hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Police, army robbers denied bail
TWO Support Unit police officers and a soldier who stole weapons from the armoury and went on a robbing spree targeting money changers and other Harare residents robbing them of cash and goods were ye...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1455 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers involved in road accident
SIX suspected armed robbers who killed a Mutare businessman Kumbirai Khumbula during a prayer meeting at his home on Sunday morning were involved in a road accident a few hours after committing the cr...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:40hrs | 2210 | by Staff reporter
Cops, soldier up for robbery
A robbery gang comprising two policemen, a soldier and cellphone dealers that had unleashed a reign of terror in Chitungwiza and Kuwadzana, using guns, machetes and axes, was yesterday remanded in cus...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Businessman shot dead at prayer meeting
POPULAR Mutare businessman Kumbirai Khumbula was yesterday morning shot dead by suspected robbers who stormed into an all-night prayer meeting at his home in Darlington low-density suburb.Mani...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:00hrs | 2460 | by Staff reporter
Can Mnangagwa regain lost mojo?
THERE will only be a few names of presidents etched in the history books of Zimbabwe. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa will obviously be one of them.Though the list is small, future generations are goi...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 17:46hrs | 1416 | by Black Edward
Armed robbers remanded in custody
Two armed robbers, who waylaid a security vehicle and stole US$7 000, ZAR96 450 and $300 cash in transit destined for CBZ Mutoko branch, have been remanded in custody after appearing before Mutoko pro...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 15:44hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Siphatheleni ambushed and shot dead
AN illegal money changer was ambushed and shot dead outside a lodge in Bulawayo's Kumalo suburb, police have confirmed. The assailants, according to family members, got away with at least US$20 000 in...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
Snake saves man from robbers
A man from Denver suburb thanked his lucky stars on Friday when a snake found in his house saved him from further attacks from robbers that had already axed him countless times all over his body....Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:52hrs | 4036 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers kill security guard, injure another
Three armed robbers shot and killed a security guard in Harare while his colleague was shot on the stomach during a robbery in a business premise in the Zimbabwean capital.Police said one of t...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 18:47hrs | 3207 | by Staff Reporter
Police arrest 3 for selling gun
THREE people have been nabbed by police in the capital while trying to sell a pistol to potential buyers, the police have said.This comes after a series of armed robberies have been recorded c...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:24hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
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