{"id":1602,"date":"2026-01-15T18:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2026-01-15T18:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:18:24","slug":"three-nabbed-as-police-recover-us500-bull-in-mutasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/three-nabbed-as-police-recover-us500-bull-in-mutasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Nabbed as Police Recover US$500 Bull in Mutasa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Fanuel Chinowaita<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mutasa, 15 January 2026<\/strong>\u2014 Police in Mutasa have arrested three men in connection with a stock theft case involving a black bull valued at US$500, stolen from a 75-year-old woman from Mufandaedza Village under Chief Mutasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complainant reported on January 10, 2026, that an unknown suspect had stolen one black bull from her kraal during the night and escaped unnoticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police investigations led to a breakthrough on January 13 after officers received information that a black bull was tied to a tree about 100 metres from a homestead in Nyamhindu Village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cActing on the information received, police attended the scene and recovered a bull matching the description of the one reported stolen,\u201d a police source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further searches in the surrounding area revealed scattered animal bones, raising suspicion that the location may have been used as a slaughtering hideout for stolen livestock. This development led to the arrest of Takunda Banda (29), a domestic worker at Farm 58, Tsonzo, Mutasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUpon interrogation, the first suspect implicated a second accused person who operates a butchery at Watsomba Business Centre,\u201d the police source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second suspect, Farai John Patika (45), was arrested and allegedly implicated Donemore Kahlari (32) of Manyangadze Village, leading to his subsequent arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe swift recovery of the stolen animal demonstrates the effectiveness of police investigations and the importance of information from members of the public,\u201d the police source added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The recovered bull was positively identified by its owner. Police confirmed that the total value involved is US$500 and that all the stolen property was recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe suspects are also being investigated in connection with other stock theft cases where cattle are believed to have been slaughtered and deboned,\u201d the police source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police have urged communities to continue cooperating with law enforcement agencies, saying timely reporting and shared information remain critical in the fight against stock theft in rural areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Fanuel Chinowaita Mutasa, 15 January 2026\u2014 Police in Mutasa have arrested three men in connection with a stock theft case involving a black bull valued at US$500, stolen from a 75-year-old woman from Mufandaedza Village under Chief Mutasa. The complainant reported on January 10, 2026, that an unknown suspect had stolen one black bull…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1602"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1606,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602\/revisions\/1606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}