Paul Pindani in CHINHOYI
A SIX-MEMBER gang of cattle rustlers, which includes five members from one family, has been busted by police.
The youngest of the family members is 25 and the olders is 44.
The family members are Philip, LIoyd, David, Peter and Abel Chirasasa.
Tinashe Mandizvidza Mutungamiri, 25, is the only gang member who is not part of this family.
Mashonaland West Provincial Police Spokesman, Inspector Ian Kohwera, told H- Metro, on January 2, this year, the suspects went to Chikanga Farm, Chegutu, and stole four cattle belonging to two different complainants during the night.
Kohwera said the first complainant is Forget Mupande (33).
โMupande saw five people running towards the Chegutu-Chinhoyi Road,โ said Kohwera.
โHe went to the place and discovered that the suspects had already slaughtered four beasts, of which two of them belonged to him.
โMupande then alerted other villagers, including the second complainant Charles Svevere (54).โ