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Soldier steals firearms from father’s security company

A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officer has been arrested after he stole firearms from his father’s security company with the intention of committing an armed robbery crime with his friends.

A court heard that Moketsi Ndlovu (27) stationed a 2 Mechanised Batallion, Inkomo Barracks in Harare connived with Ngqabutho Tshuma(42), Talent Dube(34) and Bukhosi Moyo (26) to steal the firearms.

According to the State papers as presented by Nkathazo Dlodlo, on December 18 Ndlovu stole .38 special revolver serial numberAA455788, 5 by 9mm rounds of ammunition, 6 by 7.62mm rounds of ammunition 1 by 2.70mm round of ammunition and a 303 rifle with a magazine of 5 live rounds of ammunition.

Bulawayo magistrate Nomasiko Ndlovu granted the quartet ZWL$500 bail each before remanding them to December 27 for trial.

Nkathazo Dodlo told the court that the four, acting on the information provided by Ndlovu (the soldier) entered into an agreement to commit armed robbery on Dorah Zivengwa at her house in Nkulumane after Ndlovu had supplied information that there was money at her house.

The State alleged that the agreement was Ndlovu would steal firearms from Perazim Security Company which is owned by his father to use for the commission of the offence.

“Ndlovu went to the company and asked for keys from the supervisor, one Nkosiyazi Mhlanga under the pretext that he was taking them to the company directors. While inside the premises, accused stole .38 special revolver serial numberAA455788, 5 by 9mm rounds of ammunition, 6 by 7.62mm rounds of ammunition 1 by 2.70mm round of ammunition and a 303 rifle with a magazine of 5 live rounds of ammunition and went to his accomplices who were waiting in a Honda CRV registration number ADM 8218 near the company premises being driven be Evert Mloyi,” said Dodlo.

Nkathazo Dlodlo, State Prosecutor

Dlodlo said detectives who had been informed about the planned mission, pounced on the accused persons, arrested them and subsequently recovered the firearms.

Tanaka Mrewa

Tanaka Mrewa is a journalist based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. She is a seasoned multimedia journalist with eight years of experience in the media industry. Her expertise extends to crafting hard news, features, and investigative stories, with a primary focus on politics, elections, human rights, climate change, gender issues, service delivery, corruption, and health. In addition to her writing skills, she is proficient in video filming and editing, enabling her to create documentaries. Tanaka is also involved in fact-check story production and podcasting.

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