…motorist alerts police of dodgy passengers
By Bright Zhou
Masvingo Police have arrested four armed robbers who were wanted in connection to 50 robberies and unlawful entry cases after an alert motorist tipped police that he was carrying the suspects.
Using the information, Mashava police managed to arrest two of the four suspects at Masvingo Mhandamabwe tollgate and upon interrogation, the two implicated their accomplices who were later arrested in Zaka.
Masvingo Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the arrest and called victims especially those in Victoria Ranch to visit Masvingo Central Police Station to identify their property.
He also warned victims of robberies and theft to report even the smallest item like memory sticks when they report cases saying that aids police in their work.
“On February 25, 2024 at around 1.00 am the notorious robbers namely Jacob Danda (36) who known as Gunners , Joseph Ushe (27) , Lloyd Ncube (37) and Tinashe Marufu (23) known as Kedha went to Zimre Park, Masvingo where they committed robbery.
“After committing the offence Danda and Ncube boarded a vehicle towards Bulawayo, the vehicle driver suspected them and tipped the police, as soon as arriving at Mashava Tollgate the police were already ready and arrested them.
“The two led the police to Zaka where they arrested Marufu and Ushe, after interrogations they managed to account for 17 cases of armed robbery and two of unlawful entry in Masvingo alone,” said Dhewa.
He said the gang has several cases of armed robberies in Gweru, Kwekwe, Kadoma and other areas and the police have since managed to recover goods worth US$15 000 and are yet to account for US$4000 goods from known cases.
Hebert Mavhere who is the last victim who survived the horror said the gang arrived at his home around 1 am and forced open the door holding machetes and torches on their foreheads.
“They saw my son who was coming from the toilet, ambushed him in the corridor before taking him to his room where they took a laptop.
“They asked him if we had money or a gun in the house, after which he led them to my bedroom. One of them forced open the door and demanded for cash of which they went on to take US$170 that was on the headboard,” said Mavhere.
He narrated how they then opened the wardrobe where they took phones, phone batteries, cameras, and laptops and threatened them with machetes before demanding for passwords.
They later went into the other bedroom where his son was sleeping and took his laptop and phone which was placed on the chair after which they disappeared.
Mavhere managed to file the report at Masvingo Central Police Station soon after the incident.
