BULAWAYO
–
Police
on
Friday
announced
the
arrest
of
a
third
suspect
in
the
investigation
into
a
bank
robbery
in
which
$4
million
was
stolen
in
Bulawayo
last
October.
Bhekani
Mlilo,
39,
was
arrested
by
Botswana
police
on
July
14
while
trying
to
enter
the
country
from
South
Africa,
national
police
spokesman
Commissioner
Paul
Nyathi
said.
“The
due
processes
of
the
law
are
now
taking
effect
for
the
suspect’s
extradition
to
Zimbabwe,”
he
added.
Last
week
police
announced
the
arrest
of
brothers
Abraham
Temayi
Vumbunu
and
Elijah
Temayi
Vumbunu
in
South
Africa
over
the
October
3,
2024,
gun
raid
at
an
Ecobank
branch
in
the
Bulawayo
city
centre.
Security
guards
from
Safeguard
were
loading
boxes
full
of
cash
into
their
van
when
a
white
Ford
Ranger
drove
up
with
six
armed
men
who
jumped
out,
guns
drawn,
and
disarmed
the
guards.
The
armed
robbers
threw
the
cash
boxes
into
the
Ford
Ranger’s
loading
bay
and
drove
off
in
under
four
minutes.
Police
said
they
suspected
the
robbers
had
insider
information.
Safeguard
said
the
bank
had
supplied
incorrect
information
about
how
much
it
was
moving,
explaining
the
lax
security
during
the
cash
pick-up.
A
Safeguard
security
guard
was
arrested
last
week
for
allegedly
aiding
the
robbers,
but
police
later
changed
the
charges
to
money
laundering
after
dropping
charges
relating
to
the
Ecobank
robbery.
The
Ecobank
robbery
remains
the
biggest
cash
heist
in
Zimbabwe’s
history.