POLICE in Bulawayo were on Tuesday involved in a high speed
chase with burglars who raided Elitsheni Primary School in Inyathi,
Matabeleland North, getting away with $650 and a safe box.
A police highway patrol unit got suspicious when they
spotted a motorist driving a Honda Jazz along Bulawayo-Khami Road with the
car’s boot open and a safe box protruding.
A source said the officers waved the driver to stop, but he
sped off forcing the patrol unit to give chase. “Instead of complying with
police orders to stop, the driver suddenly sped off raising suspicion among the
patrol unit. The unit gave chase in what ended up being a high speed pursuit of
the vehicle along Bulawayo-Khami road,” said the source.
The highway patrol unit, added the source, was forced to
engage in a high speed chase of up to 200km per hour in an area where the
normal speed limit is 80km per hour as the suspects headed towards Solusi.
He said the safe box fell out of the boot when the suspects
decided to change course near Emthunzini suburb.
“That’s when the vehicle’s boot got closed allowing the
highway patrol unit to note down the vehicle’s number plate. After noting down
the number plate, they allowed the driver to escape without a chase. They then
established that the safe box belonged to Elitsheni Primary School after
studying its contents,” the source said.
Inside the safe box were the school’s receipts and Grade
Seven certificates among other documents.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Precious Simango
yesterday said as the highway patrol unit was still doing its rounds, they
identified the Honda Jazz parked in the city centre.
“They used its number plate to trace its owner from
Beitbridge who told police officers that he had sold the car to a man from
Bulawayo’s Mpopoma suburb. The man has been found and is assisting police with
investigations,” said Insp Simango.
“It was also discovered that during the burglary, $650 was
stolen from the school. We urge schools to bank all the money in their
possession to avoid future raids. As police we will continue to watch with an
eagle’s eye activities of Honda Fit drivers. Most of them have been linked to
serious crimes in and around the city”. Chronicle
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