The Herald (Harare)  Zimbabwe: Cops Nabbed for Demanding U.S$30
000 Bribe  Photo: Annie Mpalume/IRIN File photo:Zimbabwean
Police  TWO police officers stationed at Southerton Police
Station in Harare have been charged for allegedly demanding
US$30 000 bribe from six suspected drug dealers they had
arrested. It is alleged Pearson Manwell (27) and Kudakwashe Bere
(44)  with the assistance of two neighbourhood watch committee
members who are still at large - arrested the six suspected drug
dealers.  Among the six was a clearing agent at Nyamapanda
Border post and a driver of a Malawi-registered truck which was
carrying 2 400kg of mbanje with a street value of US$240 000.
The clearing agent, Tichaona Chimutsanya (33), and the truck
driver Akidu Iweni Mukumba (37) have since appeared in court
charged with dealing in dangerous drugs. Manwell and Bere
yesterday appeared before magistrate Mr Tendai Mahwe charged
with criminal abuse of duty as public officers.  They were
remanded in custody to today for bail ruling.