Stewart
Ngwenya, 40, of New Magwegwe, Bulawayo, has been arrested and was not asked to
plead when he appeared before Harare regional magistrate Donald Ndirowei
yesterday.
He is suspected
to have been part of a gang of armed robbers who raided Adam at his office in
the Harare CBD and robbed him of US$600,000.
Police suspect
Ngwenya bought the house and the kombi from part of the loot which was stolen
from Adam, a former Dynamos chairman and Warriors team manager.
Ngwenya was
remanded in custody and was advised to approach the High Court for bail
considerations.
The court heard
that on June 9, Ngwenya and his accomplices – Samson Gora, who is in custody,
Oscar Muchenje, who was arrested and is detained in South Africa, Nyengerayi
Chikwadze, and others who are still at large – connived to rob Adam, the
director of Merchantman Enterprises, at his offices at number 93 Cameroon
Street, Harare.
Armed with two
pistols, they went to Adam’s office and pretended to be genuine clients.
One of the
robbers drew a pistol from his pocket and hit Adam with a pistol butt on his
forehead as he demanded some money.
Adam
surrendered US$500 and the safe keys, which were in his pocket.
The robbers
unlocked a safe and stole US$600,000 which was locked inside the safe.
They ransacked
the offices and took an iPhone 13 Pro and a Samsung Fold cell phone, a Samsung
Galaxy, a Samsung 04, an iPhone 16 Promax and a V-lion cell phone from four
employees who were in the cash office.
The gang
dropped the iPhone 16 Promax and a Samsung Galaxy along Leopold Takawira and
disappeared with their loot.
On June 27,
this year, Detectives from CID Homicide Harare received information to the
effect that Gora, who is Adam’s driver, is suspected to have been involved in
the armed robbery.
Detectives
swiftly reacted and arrested Gora who was at work.
He was
interviewed and he indicated that he had supplied information about the money
at his workplace to the gang of armed robbers.
This led to the
recovery of US$4,400 cash, three Samsung Note 20 cell phones, three Samsung
Galaxy cell phones bought for US$1,500 and a Toyota Hiace, registration numbers
AFT1573, which had been bought using the stolen money.
On July 27,
Detectives from CID Homicide Bulawayo received information that Ngwenya was
suspected to have been involved in the robbery.
They swiftly
reacted to the information, leading to his arrest, at his house at number 2610
New Magwegwe, Bulawayo.
He was
questioned and this led to the recovery of a Silver Toyota Hiace, registration
numbers AGY 1888, which he had acquired for US$20,500, using the proceeds from
the crime.
He led the
detectives to Sunning Hill suburb, Bulawayo, where he had acquired a house at
Stand number Lot 14 of Glencoe, Willsgrove, for US$95,000, using the stolen
money. H Metro
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