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At least five suspects were arrested while they reportedly attempted to leave Zimbabwe with at least $ 4 million and 98 kilos of gold hidden in suitcases this week, according to a report.
According to the state newspaper Chronicle, National Police spokesman Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrests, claiming that the suspects had been apprehended by the police as a result of a whistleblowing. Nyathi said the five suspects were supposed to illegally smuggle gold and were arrested in the leafy suburb of Harare, Borrowdale.
According to the private newspaper NewsDay, the cash and gold shares were confiscated and have now been secured by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and Fidelity Printers, while the investigation is continuing.
Nyathi said that the public would be kept informed of the progress of the investigation.
This happened less than a week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa reportedly revealed that his government had recovered at least $ 850 million of outsourced funds after three months of grace.
The Herald newspaper reported this week that Mnangagwa had told delegates at the 31st summit of the African Union in Mauritania that the amount of looted funds returned was now at $ 850 million – a slight increase in the funds returned to the end of the grace period.
Mnangagwa had announced the $ 1.4 billion recovery plan stolen by individuals and businesses after taking office last November.
The president then stated that those who reported their illegally earned money would be pardoned unconditionally. The period of amnesty was to last from December to March
By the end of the grace period, in March, some $ 591 million had been returned, according to the Herald.
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