HARARE – An employee at a Harare company was robbed of US$18,400 after he offered transport to two men while transporting the cash from the firm’s branch.
Police confirmed they were investigating the robbery which occurred on Friday last week at around 4.35PM.
Police said, “two unidentified male suspects, who were armed with a pistol and a knife, attacked the victim who was driving a Green Toyota Corolla vehicle registration number ACD 3957 along Lytton Road, Harare towards the CBD, before stealing US$18,400.00 cash”.
“The victim was coming from a company branch where he had gone to collect the cash on behalf of the company when he offered transport to the two suspects.
“The suspects fled from the scene using an unregistered Blue Honda Fit vehicle.”
Police appealed for any information from the public which could help their investigations.