Security guards disappear with US$306 000
GOKWE, Zimbabwe.(News of the South)-Two Gokwe guards allegedly snatched US$306 000 in cash on Wednesday and are now on the run from the police.
By Antonnate S. Mugodi
These two, a driver and an armed guard were delivering cash to Mukuru Money transfer agency in Gokwe area when they made a run for it with the money.
National Police Spokesperson Assistant Paul Nyathi said the two, Desbro Kadzurunga (23) and Leon Kahoka (35) who are both from Gokwe dumped the van belonging to their Safeguard Security employer, their uniforms and a firearm near Gokwe Hotel before they ran away.
Gokwe Safeguard office received US$300 000 and R250 000 from the Kwekwe office to be delivered to various Mukuru branches in Gokwe.
The two, Kadzurunga and Kahoka were sent out to do the deliveries with a third guard who has not yet been identified by the police and were given an additional US$13 000 and R350 000.
They sent their other colleagues in with part of what they were supposed to deliver while they were at N Richards Gokwe Mukuru branch.
“They were even under-declaring what they were supposed to deliver at N Richards Mukuru and while their colleague was still signing receipts they pretended to be answering calls on their cellphones.
“They then went out and drove away with the cash amounting to US$306 000 and over R100 000,” said Assistant Commissioner Nyathi.
“We appeal to members of the public who might have information, which could be of help in tracking down and arresting the suspects, to approach the nearest police station,” he added.
Police that are close to the investigation said yesterday that the two left all the company uniforms, guns and bullets including R210 000 in the van but the US dollars were missing.
“What is surprising is that they left some of the money in the van, about R210 000,” said the police source.
The Safeguard Security company director Mr Nelson Zimunya however declined to comment on the matter.
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