Three axe wielding suspected robbers from Midlands, who pounced at a syndicate mine in Mazowe and robbed people of their cash and mobile phones have been arrested.
Michael Mutodza(29), Moses Damba(28) both from Gweru and Zhombe based Takudzwa Moyo appeared before Bindura magistrate Tinashe Ndokera last week.
They pleaded not guilty and were remanded in custody to August 8 for trial.
Prosecutor Shiella Kudzai Maribha alleged that on July 7, the trio stormed UTJ mining syndicate in Mazowe with the intention to rob people.
The trio were armed with an axe and Columbia knives pounced on and a number of people at the mine stabbed them before robbing them of their cash and phones.
They force-marched two mine workers to their carbon room where they robbed them of their 10 sacks of pregnant carbons which they loaded in their gateway car Toyota Runx registration number ACX5386.