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Police in Harare have arrested a man for allegedly targeting women and lacing their drinks with drugs before stealing from them.

Criminal Investigations Department spokesperson Detective Assistant Inspector Portia Chinho confirmed the arrest.

She said Tatenda Nyowa (34), was facing six counts of theft.

“The Zimbabwe Republic Police, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Murehwa, has arrested Tatenda Nyowa aged 34 years of Kaseke Homestead, Mhondiwa Village, Chief Mangwende in Murehwa,” she said.

“He is facing six counts of theft, which occurred between February 2018 and June 2018.”

Det Asst Insp Chinho said Nyowa wreaked havoc in the Greater Harare area, Murehwa and other cities where he targeted women and commercial sex workers.

“He would get them to invite him to their homes for the night and steal from them while they were fast asleep,” she said. “In some instances, the suspect would go a step further and lace the victim’s soft drink or beer with a drug popularly known as ‘mangemba’ or Ciproxin, which causes drowsiness.”

Det Asst Insp Chinho said in one of the cases, which occurred on June 5 this year in Murehwa, Nyowa lured one of the victims, a prostitute, and the two agreed to go to her house for the night where he stole from her. — HR.