THREE Mbare men have been jailed for five years each for tampering with a railway track.
Edmore Chimombe (29), Thomas Madzinga (25) and Tafadzwa Tarwirei (26) were sentenced to 5 years imprisonment each by a Harare Magistrate.
They appeared in court facing charges of contravening the Railways Act i.e. “digging, excavating, drilling, tunneling under.
They also faced tampering with either side of the middle of a railway track to the actual or potential detriment of the safety of railway traffic.”
It was proved that on May 13, the accused persons were spotted by a National Railways of Zimbabwe Security Officer.
The trio were digging along the railway line near Coventry Road in Harare.
They were digging for coal.
The Security Officer stopped and apprehended the accused persons.
46kg of coal was recovered.
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