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The five-armed robbers who recently pounced on the Fawcett Security Company premises in Chipinge and made off with US$111 000 and R1 281 320 were arrested barely two days after the heist.
The arrests were made after a tip-off that a Fawcett Security Company employee had provided key information on the company’s operations.

Detectives from CID Homicide in Harare last Friday received a tip-off that Norest Masikira (43) of Gaza A in Chipinge, who is a Fawcett employee, was involved in the robbery.

They teamed up with their counterparts in Chipinge and arrested Masikira who then implicated Takesure Simango (40) of Usanga, and Givemore Makoto (40) of Medium Density.

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Makoto and Simango also implicated Tendai Mupatsi (25) and his brother Lovejoy Mupatsi (38) of Medium Density.

Their arrests led to the recovery of R98 000 and US$850 from Lovejoy’s car. He allegedly indicated that the money was his share from the robbery.

Masikira, Simango and Makoto were searched, but nothing was recovered from them

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Investigations revealed that Masikira admitted to supplying confidential information to Simango and Makoto.