Zim Now Writer
Three men were last Thursday denied bail for trafficking 36 women and children across the border into South Africa.
Regional magistrate, Vimbai Mutukwa denied them bail after concluding that they are of no fixed aboard and are flight risks due to the gravity of their case.
Richman Sande, 29, Striton Maphosa, 32, and Lovemore Sithole, 32, all of Nyazi Village under Chief Garawa in Chipinge will be back in court next Friday.
They are charged with contravening Section 3(1) b (vii) (viii) of the Trafficking Persons Act Chapter 09:25.
Prosecutor Ronald Kwangwari told the court that the trio was intercepted by police officers manning a roadblock along Ngundu-Tanganda Road on March 29, 2024, around 7am.
They had 36 women and children on board. The police details questioned them where they were going and allegedly told them that they were headed to Beitbridge where they would facilitate illegal border crossing for the women, leading to their arrest.
They are being represented by Emmanuel Chibudu of Manyika Law Chambers Firm.
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