Four men accused of involvement in a spate of car thefts have been arrested and brought before the courts.
The suspects, Wellington Jinya (20), Nyasha Mushure (24), Tatenda Maphosa (21) and Edmore Muchenje (24), are facing eight counts of motor vehicle theft.
Zimbabwe Republic Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) spokesperson, Detective Inspector Rachel Muteweri, confirmed the arrests and said investigators are now pursuing several other suspects.
Those still at large include Tinotenda Devillious Chiremba, Lloyd Makiwa, a man known only as Eddie alias Dhama, Jacob Maphosa, Huni, and Watson alias Mandebvu. Said Detective Inspector Muteweri:
“The accused persons, together with their accomplices who are still at large, would masquerade as genuine travellers soliciting lifts from unsuspecting motorists.
“Along the way, they would rob the victims of their motor vehicles and other valuables.
“Their luck ran out on September 4, 2025, when detectives from CID Chinhoyi received information implicating Wellington Jinya in these crimes.
“Follow-ups were made leading to his arrest and the subsequent recovery of an AK-47, a knife, various cellphones, an IDell laptop, a Retay gun with a magazine of three rounds and other weapons used in the commission of the crime.
“He implicated his accomplices who were later on arrested.
“In one of the cases that occurred on August 26, 2025, and using the same modus operandi, the accused persons robbed one of the complainants of his Honda Fit before leaving him stranded by the roadside.
“They later abandoned the motor vehicle in Ruvimbo, Chinhoyi.
“The suspects are now facing a total of eight counts of robbery of motor vehicle cases and all the stolen motor vehicles have since been recovered.”
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