Police in Choma have arrested eleven people suspected to have been behind a spate of violent robberies in the area.
Police sources in Choma confirmed the arrest to the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS).
The sources said the suspects are believed to have been behind the robberies in which three people died after being hit with iron bars. They said a good number of the suspects are believed to have come from Livingstone.
The sources said the 11 who have since been charged with aggravated robbery have already appeared in the Choma magistrate court and are likely to be committed to the Livingstone high court.
The arrest of the suspects follows months of insecurity that had rocked Choma town.
Meanwhile, police sources revealed that two suspects believed to have stolen a Toyota Ipsum registration number ABT 3310 from a Korean company in Lusaka on February 04 have been cornered in Choma.
The sources told ZANIS in Choma that the motor vehicle was recovered in Choma after the two suspects were cornered.
They said the recovered vehicle was handed over to Lusaka police over the weekend.The suspects were also surrendered to Lusaka police for further investigations.
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Choma used to be a peaceful town. Now these people are coming from Livingstone and Lusaka to terriorise the good people of Choma. Good work ZP.
Its like these thieves are stealing ipsums.my toyota ipsum reg no ALB 4109 was stolen in Lusaka on 16 th February 15
The PACT is getting BIGGER and STRONGER. These are PF members who are now spreading the catcment areas into the Southern Province. We wish you well pipo of Southern Province with the PACT. Vote for the MMD
come on LT, this is not news….
The PACT is getting BIGGER and STRONGER.
Whatever that means. We are not for the PACT in Choma. We shall stand by the UPND
The PF has grown BIGGER and STRONGER. We never knew these things before HH invited MCS and formed the useless PACT
Good work ZP. Coming from choma, Iam happy to learn from here in German that Ba tunsimbi are being caged.Viva Choma maanu
iye i hope my uncle was not implicated! mmmm ba uncle bandi ni gangsta. i pray he was not caught
this thing was big wen i was in choma ppl were saying it was satanism now we know that it just thievies thanks zp