Police have intercepted two trucks in a syndicate of suspected stolen copper in Mkushi district of Central Province.
Mkushi District Commissioner (DC) Christopher Chibuye has commended Police in the district for their swift action to foil the suspected theft of 23 tonnes of copper cathodes.
Mr Chibuye, who confirmed the incident to ZANIS, said police had acted quickly to thwart a case of suspected theft of copper cathodes involving 2 trucks which were found along Great North Road in Mkushi’s Katuba area yesterday.
The Tanzania bound truck laden with 23 tonnes of copper cathodes was stolen after the driver was allegedly drugged by a woman whom he had given a lift.
The driver gave a pregnant woman a lift in Ndola and during the journey the woman offered some drinks to the driver and his lorry boy.The security officer accompanying the truck did not take the drink.The driver and lorry boy started feeling drowsy and later found themselves dumped by the road side.
Central Commissioner of Police Standwell Lungu who confirmed the development said the driver and lorry boy were dumped on the road side after Mkushi district and only gained consciousness much later to find the truck disappeared.
Mr Lungu said the two, upon regaining consciousness, reported the matter to police who in turn found a group of people offloading the copper onto a different truck within Mkushi district. The woman and her accomplices, however, managed to run away.
Mkushi District Commissioner (DC) Christopher Chibuye disclosed that reports indicated that the copper cathodes were coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and were in transit to Tanzania.He said the suspected theft of the cathodes involved the transfer of the metal from one of the two trucks found on the scene to the other truck.The District Commissioner further mentioned that one of the trucks was a Zambian owned Scania truck bearing registration ACR—4360, saying that its ownership was traced back to a Kitwe based company named Emageoy Enterprise.Mr Chibuye the cathodes were being loaded on to the containerized Scania truck, from the Tanzanian owned DAF truck registration T-610 BKN, adding that its ownership had been traced to Imara Express Ltd of Dar-e-Salaam.He also pointed out that police had attributed the success of the operation to a tip-off from members of the public, adding that it was important for the Police and residents to continue upholding this cooperation in curbing crime.
Meanwhile management of Amazon Security Systems revealed that the impounded copper cathodes belonged to Trafigura—Impala metal transportation and processing company.Amazon Security Director, Kibombwe Chabu, stated that his security firm was aware of the source and destination of the copper cathodes as it had a contract to provide security services for courier as well as storage of metals such as copper cathodes of Trafigura-Impala Company.Mr Chabu said that 23 tonnes of copper cathodes coming from the Congo were on board the DAF truck that was supposed to be en-route to Dar-e-Salaam in Tanzania.
Transport and Communications Deputy Minister, Panji Kaunda, also visited the scene where the two trucks were stationed, as he was coming from Northern Province on Road Traffic Safety Agency (RTSA) patrols.
Col Kaunda said he was cheered by the prompt response of police officers towards the suspected theft of the copper cathodes, and urged the officers to keep up the good work.
By press time, police officers that were stationed at the scene where the two trucks had parked in the bush in Katuba area, had succeeded in transferring the trucks from Mkushi to Kapiri Mposhi Police station.
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Thats one hell of a good job by the police though i suspect the whole plan was fouled by somebody who wasnt oiled enough money.
I have this many a times, a Zambian man is a corrupt untrustworthy person you can ever meet
Thanks
Mushota the scum sucking B*tch!
Leave her alone, that is her opinion which she is entitled to.
mushota, unfortunately this syndicate is run by the Chinese, so if you want to blame start from there
There u go nobupuma ka swine
Mushota, dont you have a Dick to Suck on? you must be bored, go line up on the sidewalk and make me some money girl!!comon chop chop
Kwena iwe Mushota!!! Bushe ba wiso bena Zambia nangu shani? Ne cisungu naco ule filwa no kulemba bwino sure bunda bwa fya mu kanwa…
No wonder i don’t give lifts especially on inter-town trips. You just cant trust Hitchhikers
Even those who reported are suspects, they could have cooked up the story
The only way Zambians can benefit from our copper is by stealing it.Although in this case this copper was coming from the Congo.How do you honestly expect us to develop and improve our lives and that of our families,if this mineral is only improving the lives of foreigners through tax evasion and other vices?.The PF govt promised windfall taxes which are still on the 90 days clock.So until that clock reaches 90 days,Zambians must do all they can to benefit before most of the mines reach thier useful lives.It`s wrong to steal but if you can`t beat them(tax evasion etc) join them just don`t get caught.Am sure a lot of police officers will agree with me.Only fools are honest to thier detriment.Jerabo for G.
hmmm ok that’s a silly pregnant woman..or maybe she was faking the pregnancy?!..some muzungu once wrote a paper about Zambia being a country of middle income crooks…hmmm well i guess that virus has spread..well-done ba ZP that was swift mwe..hope they get to the bottom of the situation..no kick backs please..we know how u roll
how can the country develop like this, when the edifice of its economical income is robbed in a broad day light???
These days you just cant trust anyone. The driver, lorry boy & guard should all be questioned together with that pregnant woman, they could have made that story up. Chaps these days steal their own car, break it and sell it in spare parts then report it as stolen and claim for replacement from insurance companies. Thats how crocked people are these days
There’s more to this story than meets the eye…..How did the driver negotiate to drive the truck when drugged, and why did the security guard who was not drugged not raise the alarm?! Either shoddy police work, or shoddy reporting of the story.
That woman had a fake pregnancy!
good job
Fun a well known crook wanted in South Africa is the one even offering security a criminal himself now doing the clean up Kibombwe Chabu known criminal Amazon Security Director
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