Media practitioners have expressed outrage at the arrest of Sunday Mail Editor Mabasa Sasa, his investigations editor Brian Chitemba and reporter Tinashe Farawo over the publication of a story implicating an unnamed top police officer in a cyanide poaching scandal which has left about 60 elephants killed in Hwange.

Pictures by Tafadzwa Ufumeli

The trio have appeared before the magistrate at Rotten Row Court.

Tinashe Farawo being uncuffed prior to the trial at Rotten Row Court

Tinashe Farawo,Brian Chitemba and Mabasa Sasa in handcuffs