{"id":911,"date":"2022-06-17T15:22:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=911"},"modified":"2022-06-17T15:22:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:22:18","slug":"members-from-presidential-guard-in-gun-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=911","title":{"rendered":"Members from Presidential Guard in Gun Robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 March 2022<br><br>Innocent Sibonginkosi Ncube<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>www.zimgbcmedia.co.zw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HARARE \u2013 Members from the elite presidential guard were involved in a gun robbery at a farm in Beatrice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two soldiers are party of a gang that raided a family and robbed them of their cash and other belongings. Another robber was a retired member from the same presidential guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other members of the gang have not been identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presidential Guard have been arrested after a family was robbed at gunpoint at a farm in Beatrice, Mashonaland East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fate did not favour the two serving presidential guard members and their retired colleague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Munyaradzi Munyuki, 27, Busani Moyo, 29, and Shadreck Kadira, 33, robbed their victims of ofroperty worth US$2,135 on February 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Munyuki and Moyo are serving members of the elite 1st Presidential Guard Battalion, whose duty is to ensure President Emmerson Mnangagwa&#8217;s safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information from the police suggest that the trio connived with three others who are still at large to raid Houmoed Farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Act as experts they overpowered Luke Williams, 19, who was taking a breather in his bedroom cottage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke was tied with shoe laces and forced to hand over US$250 at gun pointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaving Luke tied up the robbers then invaded fsrm house where they woke up David George Rickards, 67, and his wife Philliper Rickards, 62.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Threatening to shoot the couple the gang demanded more money and valuables to which police say, Philliper handed over US$850.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The robbers ordered the couple to open the safe which contained ZWL$1,000 in Z$5 notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The robbers did not touch this amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/EDh70aabdKvF87uVvYBiih\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the robbers mistakenly triggered the panic alarm as he tried to switch off the outside perimeter lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This awoke the farm workers and the Rickards\u2019 son, Stewart, who called Beatrice police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dividing themselves into two groups the robbers fled the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In arrival the Police Officers tracked their footprints to the Harare-Masvingo Road and saw Munyuki, Moyo and Kadira trying to get transport heading towards Harare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ZR Police found an unmarked vehicle which stopped for the unsuspecting robbers, before driving towards Harare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A trap had already been set at and a police roadblock was mounted 20km out of Beatrice resulting in the trio being placed under arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Property recovered was a bracelet and a knife stolen at the farm. Each suspect was found with aUS$160, US$172 and US$155 on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators are on the hunt for the three other suspects only identified as Shumba Murambwi, a Junior and one Kheda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There had been a lull of Armed robberies by Zimbabwe\u2019s poorly-paid soldiers but seemingly they are coming back again.are on the rise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 March 2022 Innocent Sibonginkosi Ncube www.zimgbcmedia.co.zw HARARE \u2013 Members from the elite presidential guard were involved in a gun robbery at a farm in Beatrice. 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