The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have arrested four suspects in connection with a spate of thefts from motor vehicles in and around Kwekwe’s Central Business District (CBD), with the accused persons reportedly linked to 18 cases.
The suspects include Njabulo Tshuma, 51, Sikhangele Masuku, 56, Sifiso Mapfumo, 48, and Costa Ngwenya,48.
In a memo released by the police, it is alleged that the suspects targeted cash and valuables from vehicles parked at shopping malls and banks between June and October 2026.
The memo alleges that the four suspects acted in common purpose, moving around the city centre and breaking into parked vehicles to steal property.
“The accused are currently clearing 18 cases of Theft from Motor Vehicle. Investigations are still in progress to link them to other similar cases,” the memo reads.
The cases were recorded at Kwekwe Central Police Station and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Kwekwe over the period under investigation.
Police have indicated that investigations are continuing to establish whether the suspects could be linked to additional cases.
The four suspects are accused of committing the offences at different locations within and around the Kwekwe CBD, particularly at shopping centres and banks where motorists leave their vehicles parked.
Further details, including the identities of the suspects, the value of the stolen property and the circumstances surrounding their arrests, were not provided in the memo.
The accused persons, acting in common purpose, targeted cash and valuables from motor vehicles parked at shopping malls and banks in Kwekwe.
They were moving around Kwekwe CBD, breaking into parked vehicles.
Some of the cases include:
ZRP Kwekwe Central CRs’ 10/06/26, 35/06/26, 29/06/26, 34/06/26, 176/06/26, 130/06/26, 153/06/26, 05/07/26, 08/07/26, 104/07/26, 119/07/26, 51/08/26, 52/08/26, 37/08/26, 209/08/26,120/09/26, 51/09/26, 49/09/26 & 12/10/26
CID KWEKWE DRs’
16/06/26, 25/06/26, 23/06/26, 25/06/26, 85/06/26, 76/06/26, 75/06/26, 09/07/26, 08/07/26, 68/07/26, 66/07/16, 18/08/26, 17/08/26, 37/07/26, 101/08/26, 27/09/26, 51/09/26, 49/09/26, 12/10/26 refers
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