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Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga
Police in Kitwe on the Copperbelt province are holding 19 men for allegedly stealing 32 bags of copper concentrate weighing 32,000Kg which was destined for Chambeshi copper mine (CCS) smelter from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Copperbelt province Police Commissioner Charity Katanga says the truck was intercepted as the bags were being offloaded and replaced with the same weight of black soil.
She disclosed that the incident happened on Sunday evening around 21:30hours at Markov mining plant which belongs to Shawi Fawazi situated along the Chingola-Kalulushi road.
Ms. Katanga says police managed to apprehend 19 suspects from the group including one master-minder who are in detention at Kalulushi and Kitwe central police stations respectively.
She says police received a tip off from members of the public as well as from the owners of the cargo who managed to track the diverted truck via the global position point (GPP)
The Copperbelt police Chief confirmed the development in a press statement issued to ZANIS in Ndola today.