A daring gang allegedly planned to subvert a
constitutionally-elected Government and manufactured fake State security
agents’ and Zanu PF identity cards for them to access Government security
institutions.
Alert police detectives pounced on them at house number
2355 Kuwadzana 4, Harare, where they arrested one of the gang members, Niven
Nyarungwe (46). His alleged accomplices are still at large.
Upon arrest, Nyarungwe was found in possession of four
State security agents’ identity cards, nine fake Zanu PF identity cards and
three flash discs containing templates and photographs of the fake identity
cards.
Police recovered the computer and printer used by the gang
to manufacture the identity cards.
Nyarungwe appeared before magistrate, Mr Sheunesu Matova,
charged with subverting a constitutionally-elected Government.
He was remanded in custody to July 10, with instructions to
approach the High Court for bail due to the seriousness of the offence.
Prosecuting, Mr Sebastian Mutizirwa alleged that sometime
this month, Nyarungwe and his accomplices hatched a plan to subvert or usurp
functions of the Government.
In executing their plan, the gang members created a
template and manufactured fake State security agents’ identity cards purporting
they were employed in the President’s Department, the court heard.
The fake identity cards were inscribed with their full
names, national identity numbers and pictures when in actual fact they were not
members of the CIO.
Armed with the fake identity cards, the court heard that
Nyarungwe and his alleged accomplices had privileges and access to classified
information not meant for the public. Herald
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