6 armed robbers nabbed after $55 000 heist

Six suspected armed robbers yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Court facing allegations of robbing a businessman of $55 000.

The accused – Liberty Mupamhanga (23), Aaron Nyamajiwa (31), Munyaradzi Chikakarara (36), Vincent Kondo (40), Adam Kapalasa (48) and Taurai Dzingai (age not given) – were not asked to plead when they appeared before provincial magistrate, Elisha Singano, who remanded them in custody to August 22.

It is the State’s case that on July 25 this year, the accused together with their alleged accomplices – Prince Makodza, a Godfrey, Sydon Chipanga, Gerald Mpandare and a Diva – who are still at large, armed themselves with machetes and iron bars and stormed Roy Gonyora’s company, Blue Circle (Pvt) Ltd, with the intention to commit robbery.

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