Soldier in soup over explosives

A ZIMBABWE Natioal Army (ZNA) officer, Unity Mutsure, on Wednesday appeared at the Chitungwiza Magistrates’ Court charged with illegal possession of explosives and prohibited knives suspected to have been intended for criminal use.

Mutsure (26), who was charged alongside his accomplice Stewart Matukutira (37), was remanded in custody when he appeared before magistrate Jessie Kufa charged with contravening Section 3 (1) of the Explosives Act and Section 40 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.

The two men were arrested by police detectives after being found in possession of four emulates of explosives, four dura-fuse, a rhino ramapa Portugal machete, a stainless steel hunters’ knife, a specified okapi knife and two iron bars.

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