A serving Zimbabwe National Army officer yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate facing two counts of robbery after he teamed up with two accomplices to rob foreign currency dealers in Chitungwiza.
Norest Nyasoro, who is based at Manyame Airbase, was charged together with Tichaona Sosera (27) and Mafeking Tagara (24) when the trio appeared before magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa.
Mugwagwa remanded the trio in custody and advised them to apply for bail at the High Court.
It is the State’s case that on January 19, the accused approached a 20-year-old forex dealer purporting to be interested in changing their bond notes into United States dollars.
They allegedly lured the complainant into their vehicle and they immediately told the complainant that he was under arrest for illegally dealing in forex.
The trio allegedly searched the complainant and took $640 and R400.
After committing the offence, the accused pushed the complainant out of their vehicle and drove away.
This month, the complainant spotted the trio’s vehicle and immediately alerted the police.
