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Kwa wizi wa dhahabu ya bilioni 4 tu wameita Interpol haraka haraka lakini wizi wa EPA wa 133 bilioni zikiwamo za Kagoda 40 bilioni, Wizi wa Meremeta wa 155 billioni, wizi wa Deep greens n.k. hadi hii leo hawajaona umuhimu wa kuwaita interpol. Kama huu si usanii sijui ni kitu gani.
Thursday April 23, 2009
Interpol joins in manhunt
PIUS RUGONZIBWA, 23rd April 2009 @ 11:19,
DAILY NEWS
A police task force under the Commander of Special Operations, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Venance Tossi, is in Tabora to hunt down a gang of robbers who stole some 3,500 ounces of gold at Lussu area in Nzega, Tabora Region on Tuesday. The gold cache worth over 4bn/- was stolen by unidentified robbers at the Golden Pride mine site, a subsidiary of the Resolute Tanzania Ltd.
The head of the Economic and Financial Crimes at the police headquarters, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Samson Kasala, told the 'Daily News' yesterday that a special police task force had since been deployed to Tabora to strengthen the manhunt. He added that while the investigation was underway, police have also sought urgent assistance from the International Police (INTERPOL) to help mark the borders of the neighbouring countries to ensure the gang did not get an easy get-away route.
"We have a special arrangement with Interpol during such incidents … so we have asked them to join our forces especially at common borders with Kenya and Uganda through which the robbers could easily escape," he said. He added that the police had not precisely established the number of robbers that invaded the mine, but promised more details could be availed soon.
DCP Kasala said the local community should immediately report to the police or nearby authorities any suspect people selling gold. Earlier, the Tabora Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Emson Mmari, told the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) that the police detectives were zeroing on the suspected robbers, saying it was ‘just a matter of time.'
However, ACP Mmari said he was convinced the robbers were Tanzanians who were well conversant with the mine site. He said robbers stormed in and loaded about 131.487 kilogrammes of gold and vanished from the area using one vehicle which is also suspected to have been "carjacked" from its original owner – but couldn't' specify where the carjacking incident took place.
"They (robbers) were better armed than the security guards at the mine … four of them were seriously wounded during an exchange of fire with the robbers," he said. The gang had one sub-machine gun (SMG), one shotgun and a pistol, he added. On Wednesday, Resolute (T) Ltd management announced the incident to the Australian Stock Exchange but said it had nothing to lose as the loss had an insurance cover. But the company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Peter Sullivan, promised to review the company's security procedures.
"It is the first time gold has been stolen here … every one is in a bit of shock … it's not something that happens very often," he said in a statement. According to available records, this is the second theft incident of gold since doors opened to foreign investors in the mining sector. In December 2007, five people were sentenced 30 years each in Mwanza for stealing crude gold worth 1.6bn/- belonging to the Geita Gold Mines in 2005.
Thursday April 23, 2009
Interpol joins in manhunt
PIUS RUGONZIBWA, 23rd April 2009 @ 11:19,
DAILY NEWS
A police task force under the Commander of Special Operations, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Venance Tossi, is in Tabora to hunt down a gang of robbers who stole some 3,500 ounces of gold at Lussu area in Nzega, Tabora Region on Tuesday. The gold cache worth over 4bn/- was stolen by unidentified robbers at the Golden Pride mine site, a subsidiary of the Resolute Tanzania Ltd.
The head of the Economic and Financial Crimes at the police headquarters, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Samson Kasala, told the 'Daily News' yesterday that a special police task force had since been deployed to Tabora to strengthen the manhunt. He added that while the investigation was underway, police have also sought urgent assistance from the International Police (INTERPOL) to help mark the borders of the neighbouring countries to ensure the gang did not get an easy get-away route.
"We have a special arrangement with Interpol during such incidents … so we have asked them to join our forces especially at common borders with Kenya and Uganda through which the robbers could easily escape," he said. He added that the police had not precisely established the number of robbers that invaded the mine, but promised more details could be availed soon.
DCP Kasala said the local community should immediately report to the police or nearby authorities any suspect people selling gold. Earlier, the Tabora Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Emson Mmari, told the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) that the police detectives were zeroing on the suspected robbers, saying it was ‘just a matter of time.'
However, ACP Mmari said he was convinced the robbers were Tanzanians who were well conversant with the mine site. He said robbers stormed in and loaded about 131.487 kilogrammes of gold and vanished from the area using one vehicle which is also suspected to have been "carjacked" from its original owner – but couldn't' specify where the carjacking incident took place.
"They (robbers) were better armed than the security guards at the mine … four of them were seriously wounded during an exchange of fire with the robbers," he said. The gang had one sub-machine gun (SMG), one shotgun and a pistol, he added. On Wednesday, Resolute (T) Ltd management announced the incident to the Australian Stock Exchange but said it had nothing to lose as the loss had an insurance cover. But the company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Peter Sullivan, promised to review the company's security procedures.
"It is the first time gold has been stolen here … every one is in a bit of shock … it's not something that happens very often," he said in a statement. According to available records, this is the second theft incident of gold since doors opened to foreign investors in the mining sector. In December 2007, five people were sentenced 30 years each in Mwanza for stealing crude gold worth 1.6bn/- belonging to the Geita Gold Mines in 2005.
