{"id":4105,"date":"2024-09-03T09:06:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T09:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4105"},"modified":"2024-09-03T09:06:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T09:06:25","slug":"police-warn-against-hitchhiking-and-piracy-after-robbery-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4105","title":{"rendered":"Police Warn Against Hitchhiking and Piracy After Robbery Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Crimes and Courts Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a warning to the public about the dangers of offering lifts to strangers after a recent robbery incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 30, 2024, a motorist driving a Nissan Sunny was robbed of US$2000 by two suspects he had picked up en route from Chegutu to Harare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ZRP is urging motorists to exercise caution and refrain from offering rides to unknown individuals, as it endangers lives and contributes to criminal activities on the roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We urge anyone with information regarding this robbery or similar incidents to report to the nearest police station,&#8221; said the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, your safety is paramount. Avoid hitchhiking and offering lifts to strangers to prevent such incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crimes and Courts Correspondent The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a warning to the public about the dangers of offering lifts to strangers after a recent robbery incident. On&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4107,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105\/revisions\/4107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}