Zim Now Writer
An illegal fuel dealer from Madlambuzi in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South Province lost 110 litres of petrol, 55 litres of diesel and cash amounting to R6 500 and 1 000 pula was robbed at gunpoint by three men who had posed as genuine clients.
The incident, according a police internal memo, took place last Sunday.
Police said that at about 6.45pm when the complainant was preparing supper at her homestead when the three men arrived intending to buy fuel from her since she was a known dealer.
The three were travelling in a white Honda Fit vehicle and requested to buy five litres of petrol from the complainant who then went inside the house to collect the fuel as she had received their cash payment.
“Upon her return with the five-litre petrol container, one of the accused persons pointed a pistol at her while the other one was holding a knife and they threatened to kill her if she refused to give in to their demands.
“They then demanded all the fuel that was in the homestead and money she had,” reads the memo.
Police said that investigations are continuing while the suspects are still at large.
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