Police in Kabwe have assured residents that everything possible was being done to ensure security was provided to them despite the rise in crime.
Central province police commanding officer Simon Mpande says residents should not panic following a spate of criminal activities in the area because police were ready to protect them.
Mr. Mpande was responding to concerns from residents who expressed fear for their lives following the reported presence of armed robbers in Kabwe.
Ngungu PF councillor Saidi Chibwana told ZANIS that people were apprehensive and not free because of the cases of attacks on a businessman Jean-Marie Mukopa and a day light robbery of cash from a shop.
Mr. Saidi appealed to the police to move fast and arrest the robbers before any life and more property was lost.
On Friday last week, armed men trailed Mukopa up to his home at about 23:00hrs in High Ridge area where they shot him in both legs before fleeing.
Another incident involving robbery of K35 million from a shop took place along Katebe street when a shop attendant who was preparing to go and bank the previous day’s takings, was attacked by armed men who went away with the bag that contained the cash.
[ZANIS]
It is time the special branch and CID in Zambia were awarded a little more resources in our budget. Let’s first lock up the dangerous life threatening criminals first, then follow them up with their governmental cohorts after change of grz personel. Prayed for our nation people.