In yet another foreign currency theft in Bulawayo, a city
man lost US$50 000 cash (equivalent of $3,8 million) after thieves broke into
his car while he was parked in the city centre on Sunday, conducting other
business.
The theft occurred along Samuel Parirenyatwa Street between
14th and 15th avenues and no arrests have been made as yet, with police
yesterday saying they were still investigating.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul
Nyathi said the man parked his Toyota Prado along Samuel Parirenyatwa Road on
Sunday, leaving US$50 000 inside the vehicle. When he returned he found the
money missing,” he said.
Thefts and robberies of foreign currency have become more
frequent in Bulawayo.
Last week, burglars broke into an irrigation company in
Bulawayo and made off with US$23 500, R43 200 and $2 500 which was in a safe in
one of the offices after disabling alarm systems and the closed-circuit
television during the night.
Part of the stolen cash was in a safe, while the other was
in a drawer and when police attended the scene, they discovered that the
burglars broke one of the windowpanes and cut the burglar bars to gain entry.
Four armed robbers recently snatched US$80 000 in Bulawayo
from a man believed to be a gold dealer, while he was in his car outside a city
hotel.
The 29-year-old man was in his Toyota Allex near the
intersection of Joshua Nkomo Street and 12 Avenue, opposite a hotel when one of
the robbers, armed with a pistol, jumped into his vehicle.
The robber was then joined by his three accomplices and the
four manhandled the victim demanding the cash. They later drove off in the
Toyota with the victim, before dumping him in the city centre.
A driver from a Bulawayo-based hardware company also
allegedly lost US$30 000 to thieves while on the way to bank the cash after he
stopped at a supermarket in the city centre to buy food, leaving the cash in an
envelope on the dashboard.
The driver had been sent by one of the directors of the
hardware firm in Belmont. However, police were not convinced that the robber
took place and suspected the driver faked it. Herald
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