Two dudes got busted for selling fake motor oil to a car shop. Tatenda Ngirandi and Uniko Mutizira went to court in Harare, facing a magistrate named Ruth Moyo. Their charges involve fake trademarks and not having a license. The guy who got ripped off, Norman Kahomba, runs Sunblast Engineering over near Kenneth Kaunda and Fourth Street.
The whole thing started when a buddy connected Kahomba with Ngirandi, supposedly an oil supplier. The first batch seemed fine, so the shop kept ordering. They used the stuff for customer cars. Then everything went sideways. Clients started reporting messed-up engines and terrible performance, with some motors getting totally wrecked. Kahomba figured out the oil was to blame, got it tested, and the results proved it was counterfeit.
Kahomba went to the cops and helped set up a sting. When Ngirandi showed up to make another delivery with Mutizira, they got popped. Police took them in and grabbed the three drums they had. The court let them out on a hundred bucks bail each.
The whole thing started when a buddy connected Kahomba with Ngirandi, supposedly an oil supplier. The first batch seemed fine, so the shop kept ordering. They used the stuff for customer cars. Then everything went sideways. Clients started reporting messed-up engines and terrible performance, with some motors getting totally wrecked. Kahomba figured out the oil was to blame, got it tested, and the results proved it was counterfeit.
Kahomba went to the cops and helped set up a sting. When Ngirandi showed up to make another delivery with Mutizira, they got popped. Police took them in and grabbed the three drums they had. The court let them out on a hundred bucks bail each.
