How Mine 11kg gold heist: One suspect dies, two in...

How Mine 11kg gold heist: One suspect dies, two in custody and 10 on the run

Zim Now Writer

One of the 13 suspects in the How Mine cash-in-transit vehicle heist in which 11 kg of gold was stolen in October, who was injured in a shootout with the company’s security manager, has died.

The robbery took place on 4 October about 10km from the mine, which lies in Matabeleland south Province, about 30 km south-east of Bulawayo.

Although Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Abednico Ncube could not confirm the development, a source close to the investigations said the suspect succumbed to injuries sustained in the shoot-out with How Mine’s security manager during the heist.

The security manager, a former CID Homicide, exchanged fire with the suspects with the deceased being shot in the spine and he died a week later in South Africa.

After arresting three of the 13, including the deceased, police later connected some of them to four similar robberies that had occurred in the city - the heists at two financial institutions, a fruit and vegetable wholesale and a grocery shop between May and October this year.

The gang reportedly got away with US$858 000 and R508 000 in five raids within four months.