A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) official, been arrested for conniving with a suspected smuggler to steal 84 boxes of cigarettes worth $25 620 from a State warehouse in Beitbridge.
Brian Shereni, of Eland road in the border town allegedly stole the cigarettes in batches between 15 and 21 April this year.
Through his lawyer, Mr Reason Mutimba of Nyikadzino Legal Practice, Shereni pleaded not guilty to theft before Beitbridge resident magistrate, Ms Gloria Takundwa.
She granted him $200 bail and remanded him to September 8.
The state led by Mr Lloyd Mupfungidza, alleges that Shereni connived with one Susan Haruperi to steal from the state ware house.-state media