A WOMAN, who is said to have close links to President Emmerson Mangagwa and his fam-ily, is at the centre of an alleged theft scandal involving the seizure of coke worth US$300 000 from the Chinese-run Hwange Coal Gasification Company.
Gutai Lisa-Marie Maropafadzo is said to have used hired thugs to raid the coal mining company in Harare on different occasions and the raids almost turned ugly last Thursday after clashes at the mine.
The matter was reported on Wednesday last week at Hwange Police station under Report Received Book (RRB) number 5755005.
Maropafadzo allegedly boasted that she would not be arrested because she was close to Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) commissioner general Godwin Matanga.
