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Hawks put Zimbabwean explosives smugglers behind bars

15-year sentences for explosive traffickers

By Andries van Zyl • 27 November 2025
Hawks put Zimbabwean explosives smugglers behind bars

Two Zimbabwean nationals received 15-year prison sentences for unlawfully possessing explosives at the Beitbridge Border Post. Emerson Ruzvidzo was caught with a large cache of explosives in his vehicle, while Fanie Chirara was identified through a passport found with explosives on a bus.

Two Zimbabwean nationals are now behind bars after the Musina Regional Court handed each of them a 15-year prison sentence on Monday, 24 November, for the unlawful possession of explosives in two separate incidents.

The first accused, 26-year-old Emerson Ruzvidzo, pleaded guilty after his arrest at Beitbridge Border Post on 15 May this year. Police made the shocking discovery of 2,505 tubes of emulsion explosive, along with detonation cord and blasting caps, hidden inside a trailer atta...

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