A POLICE officer stationed at Lion’s Den tollgate outside
Chinhoyi was last week robbed of her AK-47 assault rifle while on duty, NewsDay
has learnt.
Mashonaland West police spokesperson Inspector Clemence
Mabgweazara confirmed the incident and said police were hunting for the
suspected robber.
“Police are hunting for the culprit who robbed our officer
of her gun at Lion’s Den tollgate last week. That’s all I can say for now
concerning the issue. It is not unusual as people would want to believe,” he
said
Mabgweazara said this was the second time an officer had
been dispossessed of a gun in the province.
“This is not the first time an officer on duty had the gun
forcibly taken away, as this happened in Norton, but we managed to apprehend
the culprits and recovered our FN rifle,” he said.
Such robberies are happening at the backdrop of increasing
armed robbery cases in the country. Newsday
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