TWO men from Chitungwiza who claimed that their sister’s
vehicle had been wrongly seized by police as part of proceeds of fraudulently
gotten money learnt it the hard way after an ill-advised attempt to grease the
palms of a senior Rusape prosecutor with $200 to secure its release backfired,
leading to their arrest.
The two suspects, Maroto Musiiwa (39) of House Number 7818
Unit K Chitungwiza and Abisha Muziti, of House Number 7853 Unit K Chitungwiza
are facing charges of contravening Section 170
(b) (1) of the Criminal Law and Codification Reform Act Chapter 9:23
which makes bribery a penalised offence.
The two allegedly approached the Officer-in-Charge, CID
Rusape, Detective Inspector Simon Nyamupfukudza to link them to the Rusape
district prosecutor Mr Tirivanhu Mutyasira and gave him $200 bribe to release
the vehicle to their sister. The two have since appeared before provincial
magistrate Mr Shane Kubonera, who granted them $50 bail each.
They were ordered to reside at their given addresses until
the finalisation of the matter, not to interfere with State witnesses and to
report once per month at Chitungwiza Police Station.
It was the State case led by Ms Event Dhliwayo that on May
11, 2018, one Moses Mitswiri was arrested by detectives in Rusape in connection
with a USD$20 000 fraud case.
A Nissan Caravan vehicle (registration numbers AEQ 6326) was then recovered as part of the
prejudiced money.
“On June 8, 2018, the two accused persons and the wife of
Moses Mutswiri came to Rusape claiming that the Nissan Caravan vehicle belonged
to the wife and wanted it to be released to her.
The Officer-in-Charge, CID Rusape, Detective Inspector
Simon Nyamupfukudza told them that the vehicle cannot be released because it
was part of the exhibit in Moses Mutswiri’s case that was pending at Rusape
Magistrates’ Court.
“Before leaving the suspects asked for Det Insp
Nyamupfukudza’s contact details and were given. On June 9, 2018, around
1000hrs, Det Insp Nyamupfukudza received a phone call from Maroto Musiiwa asking
to be linked to any prosecutor at Rusape Magistrates’ Court to facilitate the
release of the vehicle to their sister,” said Ms Dhliwayo.
Det Insp Nyamupfukudza, after consulting his colleagues
contacted Mr Mutyasira and briefed him on the matter and agreed to trap the
suspects.
“A trap authority was sought and granted by the Officer
Commanding Rusape District Chief Superintendent Garikayi Gwangwawa. Maroto
Musiiwa continued to call Det Insp Nyamupfukudza and was told they came meet Mr
Mutyasira at their offices at Rusape Urban Police Station.
The two then drove to Rusape and were introduced to Mr
Mutyasira in Det Insp Nyamupfukudza’s office,” said Ms Dhliwayo.
She said two other details – Det Asst Inspector Zulu and
Sergeant Muwowo were on observation in an armoury room in that office.
Det Insp was also recording the whole conversation on his
mobile device.
“Immediately after finishing counting and handing over the
$200 to Mr Mutyasira, the observing team emerged from the adjacent room and
arrested Musiiwa and Muziti,” said Ms Dhliwayo. Manica Post
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