My property was vandalised, says Chiadzwa

appeal after being jailed in 2009.
Police had, however, impounded equipment including a grader, a Toyota tipper truck, a toolbox and a jig machine from his homestead.
The equipment, attached as exhibits, is however lying in a derelict state at Marange Police Station. High Court Judge Justice Happias Zhou recently gave an order to have equipment released back into his custody.
In an interview last week, Chiadzwa said attempts to recover the equipment had been fruitless.
“I went to the new Chiadzwa Diamond Base with a court order instructing the police to release my equipment but one Senior Assistant Commissioner Mutasa referred me back to Police Headquarters in Harare.”
“I left and went to Marange Police Station to check if they still exist. The rusting tipper truck is fitted with old tyres, the battery is missing and battery terminals have been removed.
“When they confiscated my equipment the truck had new tyres, the grader was new but now they have accumulated rust. The grader’s gear lever, indicator lights and all side windows are broken with the toolbox missing as well,” he said. Acting Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Enock Chishiri said he was not aware of the vandalism.
“If the matter has been handled through the courts there can be no basis for the police not to release the equipment. I do not have information regarding vandalism of Mr Chiadzwa’s equipment while in police custody.”
He, however, acknowledged that he could not dispute Chiadzwa’s allegations. “I cannot dispute what he is saying unless I get on the ground and find information surrounding that. Such information can only be obtained from the station where the equipment is held,” Asst Insp Chishiri said.