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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A Gweru-based police officer, Musa Mukuli, who allegedly stole copper cables from President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s Precabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe, has been denied bail, reported NewsDay.<\/p>\n

Mukuli is a constable at Nehanda Police Station in Gweru.<\/p>\n

He appeared before Kwekwe magistrate Samkelisiwe Gumbo on Wednesday facing a charge of theft and another of contravening the Electricity Act.<\/p>\n

Gumbo denied Mukuli bail before postponing the matter to 05 October.<\/p>\n

Allegations were that Mukuli and three other accomplices who are on the run stole copper cables from the two neighbouring farms in the Sherwood Block.<\/p>\n

The suspects pounced on Precabe Farm and stole copper cables but Mukuli was nabbed by alert security details when the gang tried to steal the solar panels from Brownland Farm.<\/p>\n

Prosecuting, Michelle Daraja said that on 07 September, Mukuli and three accomplices, Brandon Ncube, William Wurayayi and one Jameson went to Precabe Farm where they stole copper cables from a water pump house near Munyati River.<\/p>\n

While in the act, they were interrupted by a water pump attendant, Liberty Zunga, who was conducting perimeter checks but three others managed to escape.<\/p>\n

Mukuli was apprehended but he wrestled with a water pump attendant at Precabe Farm, Liberty Zunga, and overpowered him and managed to escape.<\/p>\n

On 14 September at around 11 PM, the gang connived to steal solar panels from Brownland Estate Farm. Said Daraja:<\/p>\n

The four accused persons went to the mentioned farm and removed and took 3\u00d7335 watts solar panels supplying power to the borehole. They hid the panels in a nearby bush.<\/p>\n

They were, however, spotted by the security details from neighbouring Precabe Farm who tracked them down.<\/p>\n

The court also heard that as the suspects attempted to board their getaway Honda Fit vehicle, the security details pounced and managed to apprehend Mukuli while three others escaped.<\/p>\n

Mukuli indicated that they had hidden the solar panels in a bush near the scene and this linked them to the copper cables theft.<\/p>\n

The security details handed over Mukuli to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Kwekwe leading to his subsequent appearance in court.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. A Gweru-based police officer, Musa Mukuli, who allegedly stole copper cables from President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s Precabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe, has been denied bail, reported NewsDay. Mukuli is a constable at Nehanda Police Station in Gweru. 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