{"id":7851,"date":"2024-06-06T11:48:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T11:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/zrpnew\/?p=7851"},"modified":"2024-06-06T11:48:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T11:48:56","slug":"press-statement-14th-may-2024-arrest-of-armed-robbery-suspects-at-gabriella-e-mine-inyathi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7851","title":{"rendered":"PRESS STATEMENT \u00a0\u00a0\u00a014TH MAY \u00a02024 :\u00a0ARREST OF ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS AT GABRIELLA E MINE, INYATHI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reference is made to our post on the <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0X handle on <strong>08<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0May 2024<\/strong>.The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0confirms the arrest of <strong>Kholwani Ncube<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>33<\/strong>), <strong>Pride Sibanda<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>28<\/strong>), <strong>Cornelius Moyo<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>32<\/strong>), <strong>Guidance Sibanda<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>29<\/strong>), <strong>Bekithemba Mlotshwa<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>36<\/strong>), <strong>Francis Moyo<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>33<\/strong>), <strong>Professor Moyo<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>25<\/strong>) and <strong>Mlala Kelvin<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>40<\/strong>) in connection with a case of robbery which occurred on \u00a0<strong>06<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0May 2024<\/strong>.at Gabriella E Mine, Inyathi where 6 x 50 kilogrammes of pregnant gold carbons were stolen.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>09<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0May 2024<\/strong>, detectives from CID Homicide Bulawayo acted on received information and arrested <strong>Kholwani Ncube<\/strong>\u00a0at his place of residence in Lobengula West, Bulawayo. The suspect admitted to committing the offence and implicated the other <strong>seven<\/strong>\u00a0suspects as his accomplices, leading to their arrests.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest of the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>suspects led to the recovery of two okapi knives, <strong>5 X 50 kilograms<\/strong>\u00a0of gold carbon and the suspects get away car, a red Toyota Hilux motor vehicle, registration number <strong>AEK 7524.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0confirms the arrest of <strong>Elias Mutendi (40)<\/strong>\u00a0in connection with a spate of fraud cases which occurred during the period between <strong>2013<\/strong>\u00a0and \u00a0<strong>2022. <\/strong>The suspect purportedly sold non-existent properties to <strong>eight<\/strong>\u00a0unsuspecting victims, in and around Bulawayo after forging documents, thereby defrauding them of their money.<\/p>\n<p>On <strong>11<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0May 2024<\/strong>, detectives from CID Bulawayo posed as potential clients and lured the suspect to Unit Village in Bulawayo, leading to his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is clearing <strong>eight<\/strong>\u00a0cases of fraud. In one of the cases which occurred in <strong>December 2013<\/strong>, the suspect posed as a land developer to an unsuspecting client and defrauded the victim of <strong>ZAR86 000.00. <\/strong>In another case which occurred on <strong>21<\/strong><strong><sup>st<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0August 2019<\/strong>, the suspect forged an agreement of sale of a stand which did not belong to him and he presented the forged document to the High Court in Bulawayo. The matter came to light when the complainant got information that his name was appearing on the High Court Civil roll.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0urges members of the public to verify transactions before parting with their hard earned cash<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(NYATHI.P)<\/strong>\u00a0Assistant 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>Reference is made to our post on the Zimbabwe Republic Police\u00a0X handle on 08th\u00a0May 2024.The Zimbabwe Republic Police\u00a0confirms the arrest of Kholwani Ncube\u00a0(33), Pride Sibanda\u00a0(28), Cornelius Moyo\u00a0(32), Guidance Sibanda\u00a0(29), Bekithemba Mlotshwa\u00a0(36), Francis Moyo\u00a0(33), Professor Moyo\u00a0(25) and Mlala Kelvin\u00a0(40) in connection with a case of robbery which occurred on \u00a006th\u00a0May 2024.at Gabriella E Mine, Inyathi where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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-7851","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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