A Bulawayo based CID police detective was recently arrested in Victoria Falls for allegedly attempting to smuggle firearms into Zambia.
Sergeant Givemore Nkomo (37) of Bulawayo’s Pumula suburb was intercepted at the Zimbabwe-Zambia Border Post in the popular resort with a rifle and a revolver which he intended to handover to someone across the border.
Nkomo travelled to Victoria Falls with the two guns and two temporary firearm permits which were all registered in the name of Mr David Butcher, a former magistrate in Matabeleland who is now based in the United Kingdom.
The permits were issued on December 28, 2016 and would expire on March 29. 2017.
A source close to investigations said Nkomo had been sent by Mr Butcher to give the firearms to his son who was expecting him on the Zambian side.
“He was intercepted at the gate of the Border Post. He was searched and the guns were discovered. Police arrested him for possession of firearms in an unsecure manner,” said the source.
It is alleged Nkomo told investigators that he had been asked by a friend, who is the owner of the firearms to deliver them.
The incident was confirmed by Victoria Falls police.
