Mugabe’s son arrested over ‘assault’ during luxury car smuggling probe
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the son of Zimbabwe’s late former president Robert Mugabe, has been arrested in connection with an assault case, police say. He was one of five men arrested on Tuesday during a probe into the alleged smuggling of two luxury vehicles into Zimbabwe, online news site The New Zimbabwe reports. According to local […]
Zimbabwe's late ex-President Robert Mugabe's son, Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, has been apprehended by the police, according to reports from The New Zimbabwe. The arrest took place on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the suspected smuggling of two luxury vehicles into the country. The vehicles have since been confiscated by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission.
Mugabe, who is 29 years old, is the youngest son of the late Robert Mugabe and his second wife, Grace Mugabe. Robert Mugabe, who passed away in 2019, had led Zimbabwe for 37 years before stepping down in 2017.
The police disclosed that Mugabe was among five individuals arrested on 3 November in connection with an alleged assault incident that occurred at the Brompton Guest Lodge in Harare around 18:30 local time (16:30 GMT). The five suspects are Munashe Mubawu, 43, Terrence Johannes Chinyemba, 42, Fredson Peter, 33, Solomon Pamire, 34, and Mugabe himself. They are scheduled to make their court appearance on 5 November.
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