{"id":7473,"date":"2024-03-15T14:45:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/zrpnew\/?p=7473"},"modified":"2024-03-15T14:45:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:45:52","slug":"zrp-press-statement-12th-january-2024-police-statement-on-a-series-of-robbery-incidents-in-masvingo-including-at-a-roadblock-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7473","title":{"rendered":"ZRP PRESS STATEMENT :12TH\u00a0JANUARY 2024  POLICE STATEMENT ON A SERIES OF ROBBERY INCIDENTS IN MASVINGO INCLUDING AT A ROADBLOCK SITE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police <\/strong>is investigating a series of armed robbery cases which occurred on <strong>11<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0January 2024 <\/strong>in Masvingo from the CBD to Renco and at a Police Roadblock site along Nemamwa-Muchakata Road, Masvingo in which Police officers were attacked by four unknown suspects who were travelling in a Honda Fit vehicle, registration number \u00a0<strong>AEW 1786.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0The suspects stole two cellphones, one riot trousers, grey shirt, STU cap and a pair of brown shoes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0roadblock team was on a mission to ambush stocktheft suspects when the armed robbers posed as members of the uniformed service.<\/p>\n<p>The Honda fit vehicle in which the suspects were travelling in was stolen in another robbery case which occurred on <strong>11<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0January 2024<\/strong>\u00a0at around <strong>1000 hours<\/strong>\u00a0near Sikato Primary School. The suspects had hired a taxi driver from Pick and Pay, Masvingo to Nemamwa purporting that they wanted to consult a prophet. Along the way, the suspects attacked the driver before stealing the car.<\/p>\n<p>After the robbery incident involving the Police officers, the suspects went to Gurutsime Business Centre \u00a0near Renco Mine where they boarded a Toyota Fun Cargo claiming that they wanted to go to Chiredzi. \u00a0Upon reaching Renco turn off, the complainant disembarked from the vehicle and tried to run away after allegedly suspecting that he was carrying armed robbery suspects. \u00a0Subsequently, one of \u00a0the \u00a0suspects shot the complainant on the chest with a pistol and drove away towards Chiredzi along Ngundu \u2013Tanganda Road. The complainant later died at Masvingo General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Police reiterates its constant appeal to the motoring public not to give lifts or be hired by strangers or suspicious people who sometimes appear desperate, stranded and in need of transport.<\/p>\n<p>Transporters or motorists should therefore assist in the maintenance of law and order in the country and in the process curb the commission of robbery cases where they will be also end up as victims.<\/p>\n<p>The Police is working flat-out to ensure that this robbery syndicate is arrested quickly for the law to take is course. The public is urged to give any information on the syndicate\u2019s movements on National Complaints desk on <strong>(0242) 703631<\/strong>\u00a0or WhatsApp on <strong>0712 800197<\/strong>\u00a0or report at any nearest Police Station.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(NYATHI. P) <\/strong>Assistant Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>Senior Staff Officer <strong>(Press and Public Relations)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>to the<strong>\u00a0Commissioner General of Police<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police General Headquarters<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating a series of armed robbery cases which occurred on 11th\u00a0January 2024 in Masvingo from the CBD to Renco and at a Police Roadblock site along Nemamwa-Muchakata Road, Masvingo in which Police officers were attacked by four unknown suspects who were travelling in a Honda Fit vehicle, registration number \u00a0AEW 1786.\u00a0\u00a0The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-statements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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