Three police officers Chrispen Dear (41), Luke Gibson (27) and Nyasha Biyesi (23) stationed at Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Southlea Park, appeared before Mbare magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing criminal abuse of office and theft charges after they allegedly conducted an unsanctioned search operation and stole $3 700 from Makanakaishe Melisa Muchakagara of Waterfalls.
The trio pleaded not guilty and were remanded to May 18 for trial. The court heard that on February 9 Muchakagara prepared to go to South Africa to buy a kombi and packed cash amounting to $9 000 into a plastic bag, but later postponed the journey after receiving a death message.
On February 11 at around 2pm, Dear, who was member-in-charge at ZRP Southlea Park, instructed his subordinates Gibson and Biyesi to accompany him to Muchakagara’s house after receiving information that she was selling drugs. Upon arrival, they allegedly found no one, but broke into the house without and proceeded to conduct a search. They allegedly took cash amounting to $3 700 and left behind $5 300.
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