Manicaland
Acting Police Spokesperson Assistant Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka said US$2 060
was stolen from Gain Cash and Carry coffers.
Chinyoka added
that a security guard and a truck driver who were at the premises had their
hands tied with shoelaces around 8pm and they only managed to untie themselves
around 4am the next morning when they filed a Police report.
The five armed
robbers are still at large and Police is appealing for information leading to
their identification and arrest.
Circumstances
are that Stanely Chaboka (39) of Jaru in Murambinda who is employed as a
security guard by Professional Security Company, was on duty at Gain Cash and
Carry Murambinda. Chaboka was armed with a revolver and had a guard dog with
him.
The building’s
security alarm went off around 6pm and Chaboka checked the premises. The alarm
went off again around 8pm and Chaboka checked the premises and found nothing.
Chaboka
informed the shop’s manager Obey Mereka (39) who advised him to check around
the premises. Soon after, five men wearing black clothes and balaclavas
approached Chaboka.
One of them was
armed with a pistol whilst the other four were carrying wooden logs. Chaboka
attempted to run away and was stopped by the robber carrying a pistol.
The robbers
tied Chaboka’s hands with shoelaces, dragged him to a truck that was parked
behind the shop and interrogated him. Chaboka told them that there was a truck
driver who was waiting to offload a delivery in the morning.
The robbers
also pounced on the driver, Kudakwashe Munyoro (36) and tied his hands with
shoelaces. The gun wielding robber kept guard whilst the other four broke into
the building through a toilet window. The gang tempered with the CCTV system,
cut the safe locking system and took US$2 060 cash, belonging to Gain Cash and
Carry, US$9 115 cash and ZAR31 300 belonging to Mukuru.
Chaboka and
Munyoro were left tied whilst the robbers went away. The duo only managed to
untie themselves around 4am and they filed a report at ZRP Murambinda. Masvingo
Mirror
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