Three Presidential soldiers from the Zimbabwean Army have been arrested for robbery after they launched a raid on a farm.
According to reports, the soldiers robbed at gunpoint on a farm in Beatrice, Mashonaland East, with the country’s local news platforms giving their names as Shadreck Kadira (33), Munyaradzi Munyuki (27), and Busani Moyo (29).
Also arrested was a retired Presidential soldier.
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The Zimbabwean Police surmised that the soldiers, together with three others raided an Houmoed Farm on the 28th of February and quickly overpowered Luke Williams, 19, who was relaxing in his bedroom cottage.
They tied Williams with shoelaces and had a gun pointed at him, forcing him to part with US$250. The soldiers proceeded to the main house where they woke up David George Rickards, 67, and his wife Philliper Rickards, 62.
After waking the couple up, they threatened to shoot them and the man was forced to hand over US$850. The couple was also forced to open the safe which had Z$1,000 in Z$5 notes, but did not take anything from there.
According to the Police, an alarm in the house was triggered when one of the robbers tried to switch off the outside lights, in the process alerting the workers at the farm who called the Police. The robbers sensing the arrival of the Police fled, splitting into two groups of three.
The footprints of the soldiers-cum robbers were tracked to Harare-Masvingo Road, with the police seeing some of the suspects looking for transport. A police roadblock 20km out of Beatrice, led to the arrest of the three suspects.
A bracelet and a knife stolen at the farm, US$160, US$172 and US$155 were recovered by the Police from each of the suspects.
The three other suspects on the run only identified as Shumba Murambwi, a Junior and one Kheda are currently being tracked by the police.
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