TWO ARRESTED FOR ESPIONAGE
Police at Villa Lucia Police post in Westwood, Lusaka, have arrested and charged two suspects for Espionage.
Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga has identified the suspects as William Jere, 29, of unknown house number of Makeni Konga Kanono area and Justin Banda, 22, of unknown house number of Kanyama Ligoms area.
Hamoonga tells Byta FM that Police also managed to impound a motor vehicle the suspects were using, a Silver Toyota Vitz, Registration Number ABX 7395, Engine Number 1SZ-0011086, Chassis Number SCP 10 -3001628.
He explains that this was after Villa Lucia Police Post received a report from Mongo Chinyama aged 40 of Kacheta area, who reported on behalf of Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) that unknown criminals had vandalized a ZESCO transformer and stole all copper components from a transformer.
Hamoonga says the value is yet to be ascertained by ZESCO personnel.
He says this occurred between October 3, 2023 at around 23:00 hours and today October 4, 2023 at around 04:00 hours in Kacheta area.
Hamoonga says brief facts are that the reporter saw a strange motor vehicle passing through the area around 23:00 hours heading towards the direction where the transformer was mounted and some hours later, there was some strange noise where the transformer was and shortly after that, there was power outage in the area.
The Police Spokesperson says he then went outside and could not see the mounted transformer.
Hamoonga says the suspects have been detained in custody and will appear in court soon.
