Burglars blow up Texas Chicken safe Texos Chicken Shop

Tafadzwa Chibukwa, Chronicle Reporter
BURGLARS broke into a Texas Chicken shop in the city centre, used explosives to blast open a safe and made off with more than US$6 000 on Sunday.

In a statement police said the suspects who got away with US$5 828, R61 486 and ZW$10  530, covered the CCTV cameras with sacks.

The retail outlet is along Robert Mugabe Way between 4th and 5th Avenues.

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Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele said the thieves used  explosives to open the safe.

“Police in Bulawayo are investigating a case of unlawful entry and theft in aggravated circumstances where explosives were used to blast a cash safe box. On the 6 August 2022 at around 1800hrs, the complainant who work as a supervisor at Texas Chickens shop situated in the CBD left for home after locking the shop doors and windows and set the alarm system.

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The next morning, the complainant received a call that the shop has been broken into. The complainant got to the shop and discovered that the cash safe was blasted and cash amounting to US$5 828, R61 486-00 and ZW$10 530 was stolen,” she said.

A police report was made and the police officers who attended the scene noted that the installed CCTV had nothing on tape since it last showed a suspect covering the CCTV cameras with empty sacks.

Asst Insp Msebele urged members of the business community to employing services of reputable security companies. — @Sagepapie14

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