They
were
found
guilty
of
demanding
a
US$60
weekly
bribe
from
a
transport
operator
in
exchange
for
allowing
free
passage.
From
January
2022,
the
officers
allegedly
extorted
bribes
from
Tafadzwa
Bvunzawabaya,
a
manager
at
Wolfspack
Transport
Services.
On
September
15,
2022,
a
team
from
Police
General
Headquarters
Harare
set
up
a
trap
operation
using
marked
US
dollar
notes.
The
officers
accepted
the
bribe
at
their
station,
leading
to
their
arrest
and
the
recovery
of
the
trap
money.
Both
officers
were
convicted
under
Section
174(1)(a)
of
the
Criminal
Law
(Codification
and
Reform)
Act
[Chapter
9:23]
and
sentenced
to
490
hours
of
community
service.
In
a
separate
case,
the
Harare
Magistrates’
Court
has
convicted
two
Mbare
police
officers
for
corruption.
Naume
Dube
(31)
and
Victoria
Shonhiwa
(36),
constables
at
Mbare
Police
Station,
were
found
guilty
of
criminal
abuse
of
duty.
On
March
11,
2024,
they
were
caught
soliciting
US$1
from
every
motorist
passing
through
the
station’s
main
gate.
After
receiving
a
tip-off,
officers
from
the
Internal
Investigations
Department
set
up
surveillance
and
observed
the
two
officers
accepting
bribes.
Dube
was
found
with
US$80
in
her
shirt
pockets,
while
Shonhiwa
had
US$40.
A
list
of
motor
vehicle
registration
numbers
was
also
recovered.
The
officers
were
arrested
and
handed
over
to
the
Police
Anti-Corruption
Unit.
The
US$120
and
the
list
of
vehicles
were
presented
in
court
as
evidence.