‘Gun smuggling fuels spike in crime rate’

HUMAN rights activists have alleged that gun smuggling from neighbouring South Africa, poverty and high unemployment levels have led to the surge in armed robberies in the country.

This comes at a time when the Zimbabwe Republic Police in their recent statements expressed concern over the rise in armed robberies on banks and houses throughout the country. The most recent armed robberies and bank heists happened in Bulawayo.

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