By Own Correspondent| An unidentified traffic cop was spotted by shoppers in Bulawayo city centre loading bulk notes of US dollars and local bond notes into a bag.

He was being assisted to fill the bag by two cellphone dealers at a flea market stall.

According to sources who witnessed  what transpired, the policeman walked into the flea market casually as if it was his modus operandi.

However, the money (American dollars and local bond notes) were too much to ignore and the witness captured it using his smart phone.

Said the witness:

“I saw the police officer talking to the two gentlemen after a few minutes he gave them his bag and they took out huge blocks of money and started putting them in the bag. I was stunned because the money was a lot.

I took out my phone and started recording, after a while the three became suspicious and I swiftly walked away.”

Early this week the Officer-in-Charge at Plumtree Police Station, Inspector Ginger Vhiyano and six subordinates appeared in court in connection with missing gold worth US$1 million which was allegedly stolen at the police station. The gold had been kept under police guard as exhibit relating to a smuggling case.

Bulawayo Metropolitan police spokesperson Chief Inspector Precious Simango however said there was nothing wrong with the policeman’s actions especially if the money was “clean”.

Said Simango:

“It is not a crime for a police officer to be spotted counting money in public except if there is evidence that one is involved in a dirty deal.”