A Harare businessman was arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on March 14, 2026, while attempting to board a flight to Tanzania with a large amount of undeclared foreign currency.
Victor Magigwana (32) appeared before Harare regional magistrate Jesse Kufa facing charges of unlawful exportation of foreign currency in violation of the Exchange Control Act.
He was granted bail of US$300.
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According to prosecutor Rufaro Chonzi, detectives from the CID Commercial Crime Division received a tip-off that Magigwana was planning to smuggle cash out of the country.
Acting on the information, authorities monitored Magigwana’s movements at the airport and intercepted him as he was about to board a Tanzania Airways flight.
A search of his belongings revealed US$80,000 in his handbag, for which he had no authorisation documents from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.
Officials from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority seized US$78,000, returning US$2,000 to him as travel allowance.
The matter is ongoing.
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