Terrence Mawawa, Beitbridge| President Robert Mugabe’s administration has been hit with shame after a cop cunningly deprived it of $100,000.
The cop who is part of the contingent that provides the Head Of State with security in Matebeleland, faked the ZRP date stamp and stole at least $100 000 state cash meant for the payment of fines.
ZRP officer, Admire Sibanda, connived with Walter Komboni and another accomplice, said to be on the run, to produce a fake ZRP date stamp which they used to defraud the state. Sibanda collected the money and never deposited it to the bank.
Sibanda and Komboni appeared before Beitbridge Magistrate Godwill Mavenge facing fraud charges. They were granted $400 bail each.
From December 2015 to June 2016,Sibanda who was in charge of the finance section at Beitbridge Police station, received cash collected from different police posts.
Sibanda connived with Komboni and another man to produce the fake date stamp and fake bank slips. The trio did not remit any cash to the bank.
The two who were remanded in custody to July 11 this year, but after being granted bail, were ordered to surrender their passports and ordered to remain confined at their given addresses in Beitbridge. They were also ordered to report once a week at Beitbridge Police Station.
“The investigating officer in this case also said the fears by the state might be cured by strict conditions accompanying the bail,” said Magistrate Mavenge in granting the duo bail.
The magistrate also said the granting of bail was a constitutional right.