via Bulawayo24 NEWS | Top Cop nabbed for extortion 21 June 2014
Details of the detective’s crime are still sketchy but sources said he was arrested after a trap was set for him following numerous complaints of extortion by suspects under investigation.
“He is being held at Donnington Police Station and is set to face a commission of enquiry soon. The force has become a hotplate for corrupt people. Cops are really being arrested,” said the source.
Comment could not immediately be obtained from national CID spokesperson Detective Inspector Portia Chino.
Hundreds of police officers, especially from the traffic section have been dismissed in the last two years fro corruption.
DCI Machinga was arrested after receiving a $300 bribe from a suspect in a trap. – See more at: http://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-local-byo-49387.html#sthash.O84Gxdqq.dpuf
A senior cop in Bulawayo’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) frauds section has been arrested for extortion and fraud.
Details of the detective’s crime are still sketchy but sources said he was arrested after a trap was set for him following numerous complaints of extortion by suspects under investigation.
“He is being held at Donnington Police Station and is set to face a commission of enquiry soon. The force has become a hotplate for corrupt people. Cops are really being arrested,” said the source.
Comment could not immediately be obtained from national CID spokesperson Detective Inspector Portia Chino.
Hundreds of police officers, especially from the traffic section have been dismissed in the last two years fro corruption.
DCI Machinga was arrested after receiving a $300 bribe from a suspect in a trap.
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