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A HATFIELD man landed in the dock over the weekend after he reportedly duped a man by purporting to be in the business of importing trucks from Europe.
The suspect, Thompson Chitsa, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi.
The complainant is Denford Ganye.
The court heard that on November 9, 2020, Ganye wanted to import a 30-tonne truck from USA and he approached Chitsa who is in the business of importing cars from Europe.
Chitsa showed Ganye pictures of a truck that was readily available for US$19 500.
He was advised to pay a deposit of US$12 000 and pay the balance over three weeks.
Ganye paid US$12 o0o and also paid R182 5oo into an account supplied by Chitsa for payment of duty to Zimra.
Ganye made a follow up after three weeks but was advised that his truck was still on the way.
The court heard that in February this year, Ganye was advised that his truck had arrived at Walvis Bay in Namibia but when he went to collect it, he didn’t find it and Chitsa told him that it had been offloaded by mistake in South Africa.
Ganye became suspicious and asked for proof of payment which Chitsa failed to produce.
At one point, Chitsa told Ganye that the truck had entered Zimbabwe and had been involved in an accident in Kwekwe but failed to show proof that the truck had entered Zimbabwe.
Ganye then realised that he had been duped and made a police report.
Anesu Chirenje appeared for the State.
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