Duo arrested with gun at ED function

TWO men were arrested after being found with a gun at a function presided over by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Beitbridge on Monday this week.

Alexander Simbarashe Mutendera (40) and Emmanuel Nyamarebvu (50), employed by the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) as chief finance officer and driver, respectively, were remanded to March 19 for trial on US$100 bail each.

They were charged with possession of a firearm without a licence.

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