LIST: 4 Of The 9 High Profile Robberies Yesterday's Armed Robbers Committed
A police-armed robbers shootout yesterday resulted in the deaths of 5 gang members and 3 other robbers being arrested whilst a notorious robber known as Musa Taj Abdul escaped, Newsday reports.
The robbers are linked to 9 cases according to ZRP National Spokesperson Inspector Paul Nyathi. These are some of the 4 cases the robbers are linked to:
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Last year at Wessesol Shop in Msasa, Harare, the robbers disarmed a security guard and stole a Special Amadeo Rossi revolver, $160 000 and an Isuzu KB-240 single-cab vehicle, which was later recovered abandoned along Acturus Road.
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It is alleged that on February 20 this year at around 2pm, the gang went to Makoni Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza armed with pistols, an AK-47 assault rifle and robbed forex dealers of cash totalling US$19 000, $30 000, mobile phones and a Toyota Allion vehicle.
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On February 26, the accused persons robbed a complainant in Harare, of US$40 000, jewellery, several pairs of shoes, laptops, mobile phones, a Star pistol and Hyundai vehicle at gunpoint.
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They went further to rob the complainant at his workplace and got away with cash and property valued at US$227 250, ZAR28 000.
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