‘GHOST’ $100 NOTE: Change trick lands conman in jail

Rutendo Nyeve, Victoria Falls Reporter A SMOOTH-TALKING Hwange man who made a career out of chasing imaginary US$100 notes has been slapped with a 35-month jail term after duping several…

CARAVAN CROOK CAUGHT WITH LOOT: Njube man nabbed after selling stolen gas tank and groceries

Moreblessing Ncube A BULAWAYO man’s night-time burglary mission went up in smoke after he was caught selling stolen kitchen goods, including a gas tank and frying pan, snatched from a…

ROBERT MUGABE JNR NAMES HIS DRUG SUPPLIERS: Duo denied bail…

Zvikomborero Parafini Two men, who were allegedly implicated to be drug suppliers by Robert Mugabe Jr, were yesterday denied bail after spending a week in custody. Simbarashe Kaseke and Wellington…

FAKE LAWYER TRIO JAILED: Trap money blows open extortion deal

B-Metro Reporter THREE daring men who posed as ‘fixers’ have been thrown behind bars after extorting US$150 from a desperate woman whose husband was facing a murder charge. The Mutare…

Prison officer’s killers jailed 45 years

Solomon Bhumu Post Reporter MUTARE High Court Judge, Justice Isaac Muzenda on Tuesday, sentenced two men accused of murdering Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services officer, Tapiwa Mutyasira (29), whose body…

Mega Market clerk nabbed for US$22k fraud

Tendai Gukutikwa Post Reporter A MEGA Market Mutare employee who allegedly swindled the company of more than US$22 000 through fraudulent transactions has appeared in court facing theft charges. Clive…

Pharmacist acquitted on 186 fraud, theft counts

Lovemore Kadzura Post Reporter MUTARE pharmacist, Mr Douglas Nzombe Chiutsi, is now a free man after being acquitted on a combined 186 counts of theft of trust property and fraud…

Man in court for dealing in mbanje

POLICE arrested a Chitungwiza man, Tinashe Struggle Tapera (33) just after he had collected a parcel of 35,49kg of mbanje from a Malawi-bound bus in central Harare in the early hours of Friday last week.

2 cleared of fraud charges

THE Harare Magistrates’ Court has acquitted former Council for Legal Education (CLE) executive secretary Huggins Duri and Zimbabwe National Army legal officer Grace Kurasha of fraud charges.

Neighbours cross swords over land

Solomon Bhumu Weekender Reporter A BITTER land feud between two rural neighbours took a dramatic turn last week when Pride Muzamani (35), of Marange, sought the intervention of the courts…