Published by the government of Zimbabwe
5 November 2009
Harare — AN MDC-T activist was last week arrested for allegedly conniving with some soldiers to break into an armoury at Pomona Barracks and stealing 20 rifles and a shotgun.
Pasco Gwezere (36) is also being accused of undergoing military training in Uganda to destabilise the Government.
He appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Courts on Saturday. Gwezere was not formally charged when he appeared before magistrate Mr Munamato Mutevedzi who remanded him in custody to November 13.
He was advised to apply for bail at the High Court, which has jurisdiction to deal with such serious charges.
Defence lawyer Mr Alec Muchadehama of Mbidzo Muchade-hama and Makoni submitted before the court that his client had been assaulted while in police custody.
He said his client needed medical attention. The court then ordered prison doctors to examine him and to treat the injuries.
Gwezere is alleged to have teamed up with one Getrude and some soldiers who are still at large and broke into the armoury to steal the weapons.
The incident occurred on the night of October 20 this year, when the gang went to Pomona Barracks.
It is the State's case that they went to One Engineers Support Regiment Armoury where they cut the hinges of a screen door before using an iron bar to break into the building.
They allegedly stole 20 AK rifles and a shotgun, which they took to an unknown destination.
Three days later, detectives from the Law and Order section received information that Gwezere masterminded the theft.
Gwezere was arrested and it is the State's contention that the informers are ready to testify against him in the trial.
It is also alleged that in 1999, Gwezere and three other party activists went for military training at Soroti Camp in Uganda with the intention of coming back to Zimbabwe to destabilise the Govern-ment of that time.
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