Police launch manhunt for car thief

POLICE in Mvuma have launched a manhunt for a 23-year-old man who allegedly stole a motor vehicle after he had been given a lift by the car owner after he pretended to be stranded in Gweru.

Acting Midlands police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende confirmed the incident.

She said Vushe Munyaradzi (35), of Mkoba in Gweru, was driving his Toyota Corolla to Mvuma from his home on the day when he met Takunda Zirima of Toma village under Chief Gutu, who feigned to be stranded at Main Street bus stop in Gweru.

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