Sundaymail Editor
Online Reporter
POLICE have recovered 681 boxes of counterfeit brake fluid and prime bond multipurpose adhesives that were being sold to unsuspecting customers at Keacy Motor Spares along Harare Street.
The 88 boxes of prime bond (8 800 units) and 593 boxes of brake fluid (26 000 units) were recovered by a team of officers from the ZRP licence inspectorate who were patrolling Harare Street.
Selina Nyurwa and Ashley Kasambarara, employees at the shop, were arrested in connection with the crime, while the prime bond and brake fluid were taken to Harare Central Police Station for further investigations.
A manhunt has since been launched for the company directors.
Police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi said investigations are in progress.
“We have launched a manhunt for the company owners as investigations into this case continue,” he said.
“These two suspects are just employees. We are appealing for information that might assist us with investigations.”
Since last month, there has been an operation targeting counterfeit products.
The crackdown, led by the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) in collaboration with other Government agencies, aims to combat business malpractice.
Cabinet ordered the operation, which involves inspections conducted by the CPC along with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Trade Measures Department, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, the Zimbabwe Republic Police, and the Ministry of Health and Child Care.
This has resulted in the prosecution of over 90 businesses in Zimbabwe, with a shop in Bindura, suspected of being a major supplier of illegally repacked sugar, having been closed.
The Bindura shop was selling 1,6kg packets of sugar instead of 2kg.
Online Reporter