By Own Correspondent| Three suspects involved in spate of highway robberies along the Chegutu- Bulawayo highway have been arrested.

The trio who specialised in highway robberies within Mashonaland West province were allegedly driving a Silver Honda Fit registration number ACT 3420.

They were arrested by Chegutu Criminal Investigation Department on Wednesday afternoon.

It is alleged that the trio would pretend to be good Samaritans offering transport to travellers along the highway before robbing their victims of their cash or goods.

However, following the spate of highway thefts, police set up a trap for the gang. Their luck ran out on Wednesday when they were intercepted by alert security details.

Further investigations revealed that the trio were in possession of a school date stamp belonging to Dzingure Primary School which they could not account for.

Further searches revealed a plasma television which they admitted they had robbed from a ‘passenger’ who had hired their car from Chegutu to Zvimba.

Mashonaland West Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector Clemency Mabgweazara confirmed the incident calling on members of the public who have been robbed to visit Chegutu police station.

“We are appealing to members of the public who have been robbed to go to Chegutu to help us identify several goods that these suspects looted from unsuspecting victims of highway robberies,” said Mabgweazara.