admin558 Caravan Park in Beitbridge and Blessing Mutote (20) of 8445 Kuwadzana Phase 3 in Harare are facing four counts of theft of trust property, one count of using forged documents, one of smuggling and another one of running an unlicensed clearing firm.
The duo are also accused of stealing US$10 265 from car importers, forging customs documents and smuggling cars from South Africa into Zimbabwe.
They were both remanded in custody for trail when they appeared before Beitbridge resident magistrate Miss Gloria Takundwa last Thursday.
Charges are that during the period extending from August to October last year, three private car importers namely Malchezedec Chaniwa of 336 Marimba park, Tichaona Mweta of 8493 10th Close in Glen Norah and Brian Chinwanda of 2317 in the same suburb in Harare imported three vehicles from South Africa through Beitbridge border post.
The vehicles included a Toyota Progress, Toyota Haice and VW Polo and were offloaded at the Manica transit shed in Beitbridge pending customs clearance.
The trio then contracted Pepukai and Mutote, who were masquerading as customs clearing agents, to facilitate the clearance of the said vehicles with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority.
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