Alouis Mabika (46) who is a police sergeant appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Elisha Singanoaccused of stealing 10 loaded rifles at the National Armoury and supplying them to poachers. He was granted $200 bail and was remanded to October 12 on theft charges.
Mabika was a stores man at the National Armoury, Morris Depot in Harare. The court heard that between 2009 and 2016 he stole an AK 47, a 3,75 rifle, three 30,06 rifles, two 7,9 rifles, a 303 rifle and two FN rifles. He allegedly sold the firearms to Obiat Shumba who is a poacher from Gokwe. The two firearms were recovered from Shumba while another was recovered from Stanley Musukuma. Shumba (42) has already appeared in court on allegations of illegally supplying an AK47 assault rifle and ammunition to suspected poachers in the Chirisa Game Reserve.
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