The Sunday Mail
Online Reporter
Police yesterday arrested two suspected armed robbers in connection with a spate of muggings in Bulawayo and Plumtree.
In a statement on Tuesday, police national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the suspects Thubelihle Ncube (34) and Sonto Sibanda (32) committed the offences between August 13 and September 4, 2021.
“On 04 September 2021 police received information that Sonto Sibanda was using a cell phone which was stolen in a robbery case which occurred in Plumtree,” reads part of the statement.
“The suspects had attacked the complainant and stole BWP1300, US$$250, $30 000 cash, as well as cell phones.
“Detectives raided Sonto Sibanda’s homestead in Bulawayo resulting in his arrest and recovery of the stolen cell phone. The suspect implicated his accomplice, Thubelihle Ncube and other two suspects who are still at large.”
The suspects are also linked to a robbery case which occurred on August 13, 2021 in Emganwini, Bulawayo where US$900, ZAR3400, $6000 and three cell phones were stolen.
“The gang was also involved in another case which occurred on 14 August 2021 along St Lawrence Road, Parklands, Bulawayo in which US$400 and a cell phone were stolen and a case which occurred along Calderwood Road, Sunninghill, Bulawayo where US$150, laptops and a cell phone were stolen,” reads the statement.
Assistant Commissioner Nyathi said the police is looking for the suspects’ accomplices Simelweyinkosi Dube and Kaunda Ndlovu. Meanwhile, on September 5, 2021 police officers manning a roadblock at Nottingham turn-off, Beitbridge arrested Hoko Senzangakona (39), Fanuel Mbedzi, Mashudu Mbedzi (30) and Prince Ndou (30) for a robbery case which occurred in Toporo Village 9, Beitbridge on the same date, in which the suspects robbed the complainant of US$120 cash and two cell phones.
The arrest led to the recovery of a blood-stained axe, knife, knobkerrie, sjambock, and 2 cell phones.
