Cops in Beitbridge grabbed two dudes they say were part of a crew hitting shops at gunpoint. Gerald Chihovo, who's twenty-five, and an eighteen-year-old named Takudzwa Hlongwane got nabbed after a string of robberies at Lutumba Growth Point. They just appeared in court facing robbery charges and got sent back to sit in a cell until their joint trial early next year.
The story from prosecutors is pretty wild. Apparently, back in November, these two plus three other guys with street names like Dread and Washington rolled up on four different spots in like an hour and a half. They were packing pistols, putting them to people's heads and demanding cash. They hit a general dealer, a homestead, and other shops, walking away with a mix of South African rand and US dollars plus some cell phones. In one place, they made a woman lead them to her bedroom so they could ransack her drawers. Total haul was over eleven grand in rand and four hundred forty bucks American.
The whole thing wrapped up when police got a tip and found the two arrested guys hanging out at a local drinking spot. Their other buddies are still out there. The case is now with a provincial magistrate named Brenda Kachepa, with a prosecutor called Olivia Chamutinya laying out the facts. The pair has no fixed address, which probably didn't help their case for bail.
The story from prosecutors is pretty wild. Apparently, back in November, these two plus three other guys with street names like Dread and Washington rolled up on four different spots in like an hour and a half. They were packing pistols, putting them to people's heads and demanding cash. They hit a general dealer, a homestead, and other shops, walking away with a mix of South African rand and US dollars plus some cell phones. In one place, they made a woman lead them to her bedroom so they could ransack her drawers. Total haul was over eleven grand in rand and four hundred forty bucks American.
The whole thing wrapped up when police got a tip and found the two arrested guys hanging out at a local drinking spot. Their other buddies are still out there. The case is now with a provincial magistrate named Brenda Kachepa, with a prosecutor called Olivia Chamutinya laying out the facts. The pair has no fixed address, which probably didn't help their case for bail.
