Police arrest 60 at Jumbo Mine and Storis areas
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Tuesday arrested 60 people under the operation ‘Chikorokoza Ngachipere/ Isitsheketsha Kasiphele and No to Machete Gangs’ at Jumbo Mine and Storis area in Mazowe.
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The police in a statement said the ZRP Mazowe arrested the 60 people for various offences.
“Police in Mazowe arrested 60 people for various offences under operation ‘Chikorokoza Ngachipere/ Isitsheketsha Kasiphele and No to Machete Gangs’ at Jumbo Mine and Storis area,” the police said in a statement.
On 08/02/22, Police in Mazowe arrested 60 people for various offences under operation ‘Chikorokoza Ngachipere/ Isitsheketsha Kasiphele and No to Machete Gangs’ at Jumbo Mine and Storis area.
— Zimbabwe Republic Police (@PoliceZimbabwe) February 10, 2022
The ZRP also informed the nation that a total of 40 machete wielding criminals who are in the habit of robbing artisanal miners were arrested at Kitsiyatota in Bindura.
The arrests were made on February 6, 2022, in an operation to end machete gang violence at mines dubbed Chikorokoza Ngachipere/ Isitsheketsha Kasiphele (No to Machete Gang robberies).
In a statement, police said they recovered valuable assets, four vehicles, 21 compressors, five Nexus generators, 25 litres of diesel, six mattocks, 10 explosive fuses, 10 Emex explosives, 13 hammers, two iron bars, a jerrycan and a 30-metre nylon rope from the gang.
They urged members of the public that lost their properties to the machete gangs to visit their nearest police stations.