DRIVER, BUSINESS MAN APPREHENDED IN ETG FERTILIZER THEFT WORTH K900,000 AND UNDISCLOSED CASH
Police have apprehended two suspects in connection with a case of breaking into a building and committing a felony at the Export Trading Group (ETG) warehouse in Lusaka’s industrial area, where an undisclosed amount of cash and 1,500 bags of fertilizer worth K900,000 was stolen.
Assistant police Public Relations Officer Godfrey Chilabi has named the two suspects as as Sydney Muma, a 47-year-old from Kanyama Compound, believed to be one of the drivers who transported the fertilizer from the warehouse using a white MAN truck bearing registration number BAR 6490.
The second suspect is Andrew Hamunji, aged 38, from Mumbwa District, a businessman involved in agro-related activities.
He was found in possession of 366 bags of Urea fertilizer, packed in ETG-branded bags, each weighing 50 kilograms which has since been recovered.
Mr. Chilabi says the vehicle used in the transportation of the stolen goods has been impounded, and both suspects are currently in police custody.
By Best Jere
