Crimes & Courts

A 45-year-old Mberengwa woman was found dead near her homestead with her tongue missing.

Police have launched a manhunt for Conwell Kasambarare, one of Zimbabwe’s most wanted armed robbery suspects alleged to be part of Musa Taj Abdul’s criminal gang.

The High Court has ordered Netstar Ambulance Services (NAS) to compensate a Bulawayo man more than $400 000 after he fell off a stretcher and got injured while being taken out of the company’s ambulance upon arrival at a hospital.

Pakistani businessman Ali Mohammed, jointly charged with Henrietta Rushwaya and three others for attempting to smuggle gold out of the country, has his passport back for a fortnight’s visit to South Africa after a magistrate accepted his offer to increase his bail by $2 million and the title deeds for a Hatfield property.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police has arrested six suspected armed robbers, including a woman for committing a spate of crimes in Chiweshe while armed with a machete and a pistol.