Police in Bulawayo have arrested six suspected illegal foreign currency dealers and seized eleven point-of-sale machines which they were using for their transactions.
In a statement, police spokesperson Inspector Abednico
Bhebhe warned that members of the public who would be found engaged in such
dealings would be arrested.
“Police warn members of the public to desist from dealing
in foreign currency as they will face the full wrath of the law. This follows
the arrest of 6 illegal money changers (osiphatheleni) who were illegally
dealing in foreign currency at the corner of Leopold Takawira Avenue and Fort
Street at a place commonly referred to as Chicken Inn Tredgold brandishing
point of sale machines (swipe machines) issued to them by some local banks,” he
said.
“The latest developments where the illegal money changers
use point of sale machines has seen their activities going out of hand closing
pavements and operating as though everything was legal.”
He said the practice also becomes a security threat as
robbers may target such open illegal banking systems.
“Police will conduct the operations to safeguard the lives and incomes of innocent people,” said Inspector Ncube. CITE
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