ONE of our main articles today is a beautiful one. It’s about the good work done by three crack teams of detectives.
One of the crack teams of detectives themselves as two couples and even attended some sessions at a shrine near the home of a suspect as they conducted surveillance leading them to crack a stock theft cartel in Mashonaland East, leading to the arrest and conviction of the masterminds.
Another crack team of detectives also cracked a complex case and their tireless and relentless investigations led to 17 rape and robbery cases being linked to a serial rapist in Bulawayo, who was sentenced to 232 years in prison.
The third crack team of detectives demonstrated brilliant investigative work to arrest the suspects, including some who had fles as far as Chipinge, where they recovered various goods bought from the proceeds of the crime from the US$720 676 which was stolen at Quest Financial Services.
The three crack teams were all honoured for their professionalism.
Detective Sergeant Ncube, Detective Constable Wabi and Detective Constable Mvere of CID Homicide Harare were honoured for the way they handled an armed robbery case which occurred at Quest Financial Services. Nine suspects got away with cash and valuables worth US$720 676.
Through astute investigative work, the team managed to arrest the suspects some who had fled to as far as Chipinge and recovered various goods purchased from the proceeds of the crime valued at US$166 180.
The silver medal went to the crack team of Detective Assistant Inspector Sibanda, Detective Sergeant Chipinda and Detective Sergeant Chenhomba, all of CID Homicide Bulawayo.
Their investigations led to the arrest and conviction of serial rapist Prosper Bhule who was licked to a spate of rape and robbery cases.
Another crack team of detectives cracked a stock theft cartel in Mashonaland East.
These are the kind of articles which we like to report about.
We always want to show that while there are some bad apples within our police force it doesn’t mean that it is a rotten force.
We have always argued that there are some honest and hardworking police officers within our force who represent professionalism.
These are the good men and women who do their jobs quietly and serve their communities with distinction. Those who always want to paint our country and a broken society will want to tell you that our entire police force is made up of bad apples.
They will point to those two rogue officers who were arrested for turning the Mabvuku Road into their casino machine.
What they don’t want you to know is that we have some very dedicated and professional police officers who are serving our communities in the best way possible.
It’s good that the police chiefs decided to reward these good cops.
What this will do is that it will inspire other cops to walk their path and place a good value on professionalism.