{"id":121113,"date":"2026-03-07T08:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/121113\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T08:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:31:10","slug":"woman-to-languish-10-years-in-prison-over-copper-scrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/121113\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman to languish 10 years in prison over copper scrap\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">A LOCAL magistrate has sentenced a 44-year-old woman to 10 years\u2019 imprisonment for dealing in scrap copper, whose origins were likely from national infrastructure installations.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">In passing sentence against Success Kudyarawanza (44) at Mbare Magistrates Court, the presiding magistrate said copper-related offences are treated with seriousness due to their negative impact on national infrastructure and economic stability.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Court heard that on March 1, 2026, police detectives received information that the offender was transporting scrap copper from Glendale to Harare with the intention of selling it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/diasporainsurance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000x180.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Acting on that information, police detectives conducted surveillance at Gazaland scrap yard in Highfields, where a DAF 10-tonne truck was observed arriving and offloading cargo.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The offender disembarked from the front passenger seat holding a white sack. Detectives conducted a search and recovered scrap copper wires. The offender failed to produce a certificate authorising her to possess or trade in copper and she was subsequently arrested.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-rkC3XIvlRj0phdAoZuE2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/destiny-720x180-2.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A LOCAL magistrate has sentenced a 44-year-old woman to 10 years\u2019 imprisonment for dealing in scrap copper, whose&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[106],"class_list":{"0":"post-121113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zimbabwe","8":"tag-zimbabwe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116186964497788479","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}