POLICE have warned business operators and members of the public against keeping large sums of money in their vehicles, homes and offices following two separate robbery incidents which occurred in Harare and Bulawayo last week involving nearly $30 000.
by Staff Reporter
National police spokesperson, Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said in the Harare incident, which occurred last Thursday, a 33-year-old motorist carrying $9 000 was trailed by two daring robbers, who blocked his car as he was dropping off a colleague in Avondale and lost his cash.
The alleged robbers were using a Honda CVR with no registration numbers.
“The duo disembarked from their car armed with a rifle and a pick. They demanded cash from the complainant and his employee and got away with $9 000, and other valuables,” Charamba said.
On the day in question the complainant had left his workplace at Gulf Complex and proceeded to his residence with all the day’s takings amounting to $9 000.
In a related incident, a gang of suspected robbers in Bulawayo broke into a city shop last Wednesday and smashed a metal cash box and got away with $20 000.
