Four men were yesterday dragged before Kwekwe magistrate
Tayengwa Sangster for reportedly robbing a Chinese citizen who was transporting
four bars of gold on behalf of his company.
The quartet of Munyaradzi Gurure (36), Tatenda Chiposi (29)
both from Chitungwiza, Admire Rusmas Shereni (36) of Rushinga, Mt Darwin, and
Yosia Yose (35) of Shamva pleaded not guilty to the robbery charge and was
remanded in custody to December 14 for trial.
Prosecutor Divine Chakombera alleged that on November 30,
2018, the four accused persons connived with three other suspects, who are
still at large, to rob Jiao Guohua of gold weighing 7,681kg in Kwekwe.
Gurure, Chiposi and Yose allegedly mounted a bogus
roadblock clad in police and military uniforms. Shereni drove Guohua in a company vehicle registration
number ADV3926, while the complainant was in possession of the gold destined
for Harare.
When Shereni was about to approach the roadblock, he
flashed twice to alert Gurure, Chiposi and Yose, who subsequently signalled him
to stop.
The court heard that Shereni stopped the vehicle and
purportedly complied with the orders of his co-accused.
One of the accused allegedly took a pepper spray chemical
and sprayed the complainant and one of his security guards.
The accused persons allegedly snatched a bag from Guohua,
which contained four bars of smelted gold.
During investigations, the police queried why Shereni was
not pepper spayed during the robbery and upon interrogation he implicated the
three accused persons, who then implicated the other three suspects still at
large. Newsday
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