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| Military police in hunt for missing arms |
| Written by The Zimbabwean |
| Monday, 26 October 2009 17:39 |
 HARARE –Armed military police have mounted roadblocks along the country’s highways reportedly as part of a nationwide hunt for weapons that were stolen from army barracks in Harare last week.Twelve soldiers were reportedly arrested last week in connection with the disappearance of 19 AK-47 rifles, pistols and ammunition from Pomona Barracks in Borrowdale. ? In a bid to track the missing weapons, armed military police have been deployed at roadblocks along major highways to try and intercept whoever stole the weapons from moving there around the country. Journalists from The Zimbabwean on Tuesday who travelled to Harare from Bulawayo last Saturday witnessed nine such roadblocks where travellers were ordered to disembark from buses, cars and lorries and had their bags and vehicles thoroughly searched. ? “This is plain harassment and intimidation. How can they even search handbags…they do not even have search warrants and they don’t even tell us why we are being searched like criminals,” said Dzingai?Nyatanga, who described the process as a ‘nuisance.’? A bus driver working for a luxury coach plying the Harare-Bulawayo route said: “We tell our passengers to follow orders because if they don’t, we can be detained here for hours.”? Army spokesperson Colonel Overson Mugwisi could not be reached for comment. |
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