Own Correspondent|Five police officers based at Harare Central Police Station on Thursday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court facing a charge of theft of over US$10k belonging to a man they had falsely arrested for an undisclosed offence.

The five, Walter Mapfumo, Simbarashe Ndungwa, Erasmus Shoniwa, Archby Mano and Webster Ticharwa were granted 500 dollars bail each.

It is the state’s case that the five approached the complainant who was in possession of US$18 060 which he intended to give someone and told him he was under arrest for an undisclosed crime.

It is further alleged that they took the complainant to Harare Central Police Station. They briefly took the cash away from him as they tried to create a charge against him.

Where they were done with their clandestine move they assigned another officer to count the money before releasing him. 

However, upon release, the complainant discovered that US$ 10 000 was missing and he reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest of the accused.