Rustlers steal six beasts, drove them to Mozambique

TWO suspected cattle rustlers, who stole six cattle in Mukumbura before driving them to Mozambique for safe keeping, on Friday appeared before Mount Darwin magistrate Naison Dhambuza facing a charge of stock theft.

 Blessmore Pachanza (27), from Mozambique, and Edson Kasambarare (25) allegedly stole the beasts from the grazing plains before taking them to a village across the Mozambican border.

According to court papers, on November 29, last year at around 1pm at Nyajichi village, under Chief Chiswiti in Mukumbura, Cosmas Bikausi released his herd of cattle for grazing at Murongwe.

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