Own Correspondent|Prominent Bulawayo journalist Zenzele Ndebele was on Thursday morning taken away by state security agents at State House in Bulawayo when he was found with tear gas canisters in his car.

Ndebele who heads innovative Bulawayo media CITE had his car searched as he entered State House to cover the dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Bulawayo Civic Society Organisations.

On searching the vehicle, state security discovered, what sources close to him say were used tear gas canisters in the boot of his car.

The sources claim, Ndebele kept the canisters in his car after picking them up in the streets of Bulawayo during the January citizen protests and may have forgotten to get rid of them before going to State House.

Details on his where abouts were still sketchy at the time of writing but reports indicate that he was whisked away by army and CIO operatives.