They forced him to lead them to the church offices where they demanded the keys.
He told them he didn’t have the keys.
They allegedly took Tsanzaika to the guardroom where one of the robbers was left guarding him. They force opened the main door which leads to the reception and broke down all the church office doors, looking for cash and valuables. They broke into the secretary-general’s office where they blasted a safe and stole US$1279, R2100, £788, P407 and ZWG495 in cash, which was in a small cash box, before they disappeared from the scene.
The phone was recovered from Samwira on August 18. On the same day, the gang proceeded to the Automobile Association of Zimbabwe where they attacked Benny Ganda, who was sitting inside the guardroom.
The two robbers were armed with an unidentified pistol and a rifle.
They manhandled him and ordered him to lie down and tied his hands using his shoe laces. They then left one of the robbers guarding him while the others, who were armed with another rifle and pistol, proceeded to the offices where they found Mafadzwa Muchetu and Tatenda Makichi.They threatened to shoot both of them, demanding cash, but they indicated that they had none. The robbers tied them up before they took them to where Benny Ganda was.
They then searched both complainants and stole US$157 and $315 and AirPods from them. The gang then proceeded to the strong room where they blasted a safe and stole US$3575.
The AirPods were recovered from Samwira, who implicated his accomplices. The quartet has also been linked to a robbery that occurred at Probrands in September last year.The gang allegedly attacked Chishamiso Charambani, who was on guard duty at Probrands, Ruwa, and threatened to shoot him.
Charambani surrendered and the robbers stole his cellphone.
They covered his face with his woolen hat and handcuffed him from the back.
The robbers left two of them guarding him while the others went on to break the records office where there was a safe.They blasted the Chub safe, which had old Zimbabwean bearer notes.
They broke into another office and stole two desktops computers, monitor set and a DVR Decoder.
They also broke into the laboratory office and stole a 9kg blue gas tank.
After arresting the quartet, the police recovered a Bosh electric grinder and a drill from Chitiza, which was allegedly used in the robberies.
The quartet also allegedly robbed Volvo Penta in Msasa on June 17 and stole property worth US$200.
