By A Correspondent- Several cross border buses were Tuesday impounded by Masvingo police leaving hundreds of passengers stranded.

The impounded buses were parked at different police stations in the town.

This followed a directive by the Masvingo Police Boss Assistant Commissioner Florence Marume to arrest and impound cars and buses which are plying intercity trips in defiance of Covid-19 regulations.

Marume and her high-Masvingo provincial police commanders on Tuesday visited the site where some of the impounded buses under her directive were kept at Zimuto Police Camp on the outskirts of the city.

Assistant Commissioner Marume and her team wanted to drive the point home that cross-border smuggling rackets and lockdown violators would not be brooked along the province’s roads.

Speaking during the tour provincial police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa said police were out in full force to thwart any attempts to violate lockdown rules, especially by intercity buses.

He said those returning into the country from outside Zimbabwe should have valid Covid-19 testing certificates.

Inspector Dhewa also warned long-distance buses that try to circumvent police checkpoints by using bush roads while also carrying smuggled goods, would be brought to book.
Some of the bus crews of the impounded buses and drivers of mushikashika vehicles that were impounded have since appeared in court.