{"id":105131,"date":"2025-02-24T22:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-police-officers-steal-us10000-from-a-motorist"},"modified":"2025-02-27T01:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T23:08:05","slug":"two-police-officers-steal-us10000-from-a-motorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-police-officers-steal-us10000-from-a-motorist","title":{"rendered":"Two Police Officers Steal US$10,000 From A Motorist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Two police officers were arraigned before a magistrate last week after allegedly setting up an unsanctioned roadblock along Samora Machel Avenue in Harare and stealing US$10,000 from a Chinese national, reported The Herald.<\/p>\n<p>Jefter Nkomazanah (36), stationed at Kanyemba Police Station, and Crynot Fablano (40), stationed at Dzivarasekwa Police Station, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>They are charged with criminal abuse of duty and were remanded in custody until February 25 for a bail application.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations revealed that Fablano is currently on suspension.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that on February 14, the complainant was driving along Samora Machel Avenue when Nkomazanah, in uniform, approached the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant locked the car, but Nkomazanah allegedly unlocked it through a partially open window and entered.<\/p>\n<p>He accused the complainant of using a cellphone while driving and instructed him to drive to Harare Central Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant complied but was instead told to park near Karigamombe Centre. Nkomazanah allegedly called Fablano, who arrived and joined them in the car.<\/p>\n<p>Nkomazanah introduced Fablano as his superior, and the two reportedly threatened the complainant while Fablano searched his satchel and took US$10,000.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant is said to have reluctantly given Nkomazanah US$25, but Fablano had already left with the US$10,000.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant later realised the money was missing and reported the incident to the police, who referred him to the Police Anti-Corruption Unit.<\/p>\n<p>On February 18, police detectives observed the two officers in uniform attempting to stop motorists along Samora Machel Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>When the detectives approached, the officers attempted to flee but were apprehended after a brief chase.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant reported a total loss of US$10,025, and none of the stolen money has been recovered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Two police officers were arraigned before a magistrate last week after allegedly setting up an unsanctioned roadblock along Samora Machel Avenue in Harare and stealing US$10,000 from a Chinese national, reported The Herald. Jefter Nkomazanah (36), stationed at Kanyemba Police Station, and Crynot Fablano (40), stationed at Dzivarasekwa Police Station, appeared before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":105130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[7731,18004,6829,3519,19],"class_list":["post-105131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-chinese-national","tag-illegal-roadblocks","tag-motorist","tag-police-officers","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two Police Officers Steal US$10,000 From A Motorist - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two police officers were arraigned before a magistrate last week after allegedly setting up an unsanctioned roadblock al ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-police-officers-steal-us10000-from-a-motorist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two Police Officers Steal US$10,000 From A Motorist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two police officers were arraigned before a magistrate last week after allegedly setting up an unsanctioned roadblock al ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-police-officers-steal-us10000-from-a-motorist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-24T20:02:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-26T23:08:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1740422573.72522.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"570\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-police-officers-steal-us10000-from-a-motorist#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-police-officers-steal-us10000-from-a-motorist\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Two Police Officers Steal US$10,000 From A Motorist\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-24T20:02:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-26T23:08:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-police-officers-steal-us10000-from-a-motorist\"},\"wordCount\":298,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-police-officers-steal-us10000-from-a-motorist#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1740422573.72522.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chinese National\",\"Illegal roadblocks\",\"Motorist\",\"Police officers\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-police-officers-steal-us10000-from-a-motorist#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-police-officers-steal-us10000-from-a-motorist\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-police-officers-steal-us10000-from-a-motorist\",\"name\":\"Two Police Officers Steal US$10,000 From A Motorist - 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