Cop swallows US$5 bribe money

Zim Now Writer

A police officer who is stationed at Tshabalala Police Station in Bulawayo swallowed the US$5 bribe money he had received from a motorist at a roadblock.

The police officer allegedly quickly swallowed the cash and urinated on himself when his bosses tried to arrest him.

Sources say Constable Martin Marambire was deployed at a roadblock along Plumtree Road for operation code named: “No to illegal meat” where he allegedly stopped a car and searched it.

“He searched it and could not find anything which can attract arrest. He was then spotted receiving US$5 by one of his bosses who swiftly moved closer to him to take the money but he quickly swallowed it.

“When they throttled him so that he could spit it, he then wet himself," said the source.

The bosses searched him keen to find an exhibit but they failed to find anything. They threatened to detain him before they quickly decided to arrest him.

Marimbire is set to appear for a disciplinary hearing before an internal ZRP court at Nkulumane District Headquarters and he will be represented by lawyer Tinashe Dzipe.