{"id":108842,"date":"2025-06-27T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ecocash-agent-robbed-of-us1180-in-cash-and-airtime-cards-in-chitungwiza"},"modified":"2025-06-27T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:17:00","slug":"ecocash-agent-robbed-of-us1180-in-cash-and-airtime-cards-in-chitungwiza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ecocash-agent-robbed-of-us1180-in-cash-and-airtime-cards-in-chitungwiza","title":{"rendered":"Ecocash Agent Robbed Of US$1,180 In Cash And Airtime Cards In Chitungwiza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Chitungwiza have arrested a 32-year-old man, Providence Shumba, in connection with a daring robbery at an Ecocash outlet in Unit O, Seke, on the evening of June 25.<br \/>\nAccording to a statement by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the incident occurred around 8:30 PM when Shumba allegedly entered the shop and threatened two employees with an okapi knife while they were counting cash and airtime scratch cards.<br \/>\nHe reportedly made off with US$180 in cash, airtime scratch cards valued at US$1,000, and two mobile phones.<br \/>\nThe ZRP confirmed that both stolen phones and airtime worth US$500 have since been recovered. The statement reads:<br \/>\nPolice in Chitungwiza arrested Providence Shumba (32) in connection with a robbery case which occurred on 25\/06\/25 at around 2030 hours.<br \/>\nThe suspect pounced on an Ecocash shop in Unit O, where he threatened two complainants who were in the shop counting money and airtime scratch cards with an okapi knife while demanding cash.<br \/>\nHe stole USD180 cash, USD1000 worth of airtime scratch cards and two cellphones. Police recovered the two stolen cellphones and USD500 worth of airtime scratch cards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Police in Chitungwiza have arrested a 32-year-old man, Providence Shumba, in connection with a daring robbery at an Ecocash outlet in Unit O, Seke, on the evening of June 25. According to a statement by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the incident occurred around 8:30 PM when Shumba allegedly entered the shop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":108841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":["post-108842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","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>Ecocash Agent Robbed Of US$1,180 In Cash And Airtime Cards In Chitungwiza - zimbabwe<\/title>\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\/ecocash-agent-robbed-of-us1180-in-cash-and-airtime-cards-in-chitungwiza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ecocash Agent Robbed Of US$1,180 In Cash And Airtime Cards In Chitungwiza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. 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