Three Suspects In How Mine Gold Heist Appear In Court
Three suspects who were allegedly part of a gang that intercepted three vehicles carrying How Mine gold and stole 11.9kgs of the precious metal and four guns Thursday appeared before the courts facing theft charges.
Antony Moyo (39), Wilson Mutandwa (24) and Earnest Mutandwa (30) appeared at Western Commonage Magistrates’ Court before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mrs Sibongile Msipa-Marondedze.
They were taken back to Bulawayo Central Police for further investigations, Chronicle reported.
The heist took place on Tuesday during which the three men, together with 10 others who are still at large, pounced on three private security company cash-in-transit (CIT) vehicles which were carrying gold from How Mine which is about 22 km from Bulawayo.
The suspects who were travelling in three cars; a Toyota Hilux GD6, a Nissan Hardbody single-cab and a Nissan March, ambushed and blocked the convoy before disarming the security guards and loading the gold into their vehicles.
The CIT vehicles were carrying 11.9kgs of gold which was destined for Fidelity Printers.
On Tuesday, police officers received information that some of the stolen items were abandoned at a house under construction along Folly Road, West Somerton in Bulawayo.
Detectives reacted to the report and recovered, car keys, 3 x 9mm spent cartridges, a black glove, a 303-rifle loaded with eight live rounds and three empty metal boxes.
Police arrested Moyo who implicated both Mutandwas.
Further investigations by the police established that the South African registered Nissan NP 300 single cab vehicle, registration number HR3OXJGP, which was abandoned by the suspects at the scene, belongs to Ximba Nkosilathi, also known as Tonderai Vumbunu and was at times seen being driven by Antony Moyo.
