A CELLPHONE smuggler was on Monday sentenced to six months
behind bars after a car accident sold him out.
Chrispen Mutsonhi (27) from Mutare pleaded guilty to the
charges before magistrate Tendai Mahwe who, however, gave the accused an
alternative to pay ZWL$1 200.
It is the State’s case that on June 27, the informant in
the matter Shepherd Karidza Chinouya, a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)
employee at Forbes Border Post, was at Beira turn-off when he came across the convict who had been involved in an
accident while on his way from the border.
According to prosecutor John Munyurwa, as he was assisting
Mutsonhi, Chinouya discovered that the convict was carrying numerous
cellphones.
The informant reportedly asked for a declaration form and
he produced a declaration form that did not tally with the goods in his
vehicle.
Chinouya, with the assistance of one Sergeant Mufakose from
Mutare Central Police Station traffic section arrested Mutsonhi. Newsday
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