{"id":18513,"date":"2020-01-25T18:45:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T16:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=18513"},"modified":"2020-01-25T18:45:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T16:45:26","slug":"police-operation-nets-1-800-mashurugwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-operation-nets-1-800-mashurugwi","title":{"rendered":"Police Operation Nets 1 800 MaShurugwi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pindula.co.zw\/Kazembe_Kazembe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kazembe Kazembe<\/a>\u00a0has commended the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) following the arrest of 1 800 members of machete gangs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pindula.co.zw\/MaShurugwi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MaShurugwi<\/a>) in the past month.<\/p>\n<p>Kazembe addressed senior police officers at Gweru Main Camp after a tour of police stations in the city in the company of his deputy Mike Madiro. He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The police should be commended for a job well done because in the past month or so, more than 1 800 members of machete-wielding gangs masquerading as gold panners have been arrested across the country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"5zHtIgJ7\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>The police are winning the war against these criminals. Only recently, 77 members of these gangs were convicted and sent to jail and a number have pending matters before the courts.<\/p>\n<p>This shows that the police have acted and that is why we have people being arrested every day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kazembe however, expressed consternation over reports of police corruption in the Midlands Province.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pindula.co.zw\/Midlands_Province\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Midlands<\/a>\u00a0are reportedly turning a blind eye on criminals, with officers deployed from other stations having to do their job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister\u00a0Kazembe Kazembe\u00a0has commended the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) following the arrest of 1 800 members of machete gangs (MaShurugwi) in the past month. Kazembe addressed senior police officers at Gweru Main Camp after a tour of police stations in the city in the company of his deputy Mike Madiro. 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