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Insider Job As Chipinge Fawcett $200k Robbers Arrested


13.9.2024


19:37

The
robbers
have
since
been
arrested.


$200,000
robbery
in
Chipinge
 at
security
services
company
Fawcett
earlier
this
month,
has
turned
out
to
be
an
insider
job.
A
Fawcett
employee
is
reported
to
have
provided
key
information
about
the
company’s
operations
to
the
robbers.

The
robbers
then
attacked
the
Fawcett
premises
in
Chipinge
and
took
US$111,000
and
R1,281,320.

The
robbers
have
since
been
arrested.


A
day
after
the
robbery
the
police
had already
indicated
they
suspect
an
insider
job
.
The
Fawcett
insider
is
Norest
Masikira
aged
43.

Masikira
was
arrested
and
eventually
revealed
the
identities
of
2
accomplices:
Takesure
Simango
aged
40,
Givemore
Makoto
also
aged
40.
The
two
revealed
another
2:
Tendai
Mupatsi
aged
25,
and
his
brother
Lovejoy
Mupatsi
aged
38,
both
from
a
place
called
Medium
Density
in
Chipinge.

Of
the
$110,000
and
R1.2,
only
US
$850
and
R98k
was
recovered.

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