FOUR Zimbabweans who wrapped a stolen car with snack
packaging foil in a foiled attempt to smuggle it to Zimbabwe have appeared at a
Polokwane court in Limpopo province, South Africa.
Jasper Ndlovu (28), Douglas Machingura (32) Njula Brilliant
Mathonsi (34) and Pilisani Ndlovu (41), whose addresses were not given, but believed
to be cross-border transporters, commonly known as omalayitsha, were charged
with possession of a stolen vehicle.
In an update of the case discovered in a pre-dawn police
hit, now casting omalayitsha to be more than just goods transporters, the Limpopo
provincial police media centre said the four were denied bail.
“They will appear again on 23 August 2018 in the same
court, while police investigations continue,” the media centre statement,
issued by Constable Maphure Manamela, said.
Jasper, Machingura, Mathonsi, Pilisani were arrested during
a snap operation comprising members of Crime Intelligence, police from
Westenburg and officials from the Department of Roads and Transport, while
transporting the stolen motor vehicle at about 3:30am last Wednesday. “A
consignment of snacks and other goods carried on a trailer, turned out to be a
stolen vehicle that was being transported along the N1 road,” the statement
read.
As police searched the vehicle and its trailer, unpacking
the snacks and removing the foil, a grey Ford Ranger stolen from Gauteng
province emerged from the snacks.
Meanwhile, three other Zimbabweans —Floyd Murino Floyd
(26), Tonderai Munthisi (33) and Tichavavamwe Shupai (37) — arrested for
allegedly being found in possession of explosives worth R300 000, have further
been denied bail by a Mussina court.
“They were all denied bail and their case is postponed to
the 20th of August 2018 for further police investigations,” Limpopo province
police spokesperson Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said. Newsday
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