The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has announced that it arrested an armed robbery suspect in Glendale shortly after midnight on Friday. The suspect was arrested following a shootout and a dramatic chase as police foiled an attempted raid on ZIMPOST offices.
ZRP spokesperson, Commissioner Paul Nyathi, confirmed that the suspect, 40-year-old Tinashe Cloud Jokonya, was apprehended at 12:50 a.m. on 12 September 2025, while his accomplices managed to escape.
“The suspect, along with four others who are yet to be arrested, allegedly pounced at the ZIMPOST offices,” said Comm Nyathi.
“They attacked the security guard on duty, disarming him of a Cobra machine gun and taking his Vallion cellphone as well as a pepper spray.
“They tied his hands and legs with shoelaces and proceeded to the offices, where they began breaking the screen doors.
“While the suspects were breaking the doors, an alert security guard from a nearby premise alerted the police.
“The police responded to the calls swiftly and upon noticing the police, the suspects fired shots towards the officers, who returned fire.
“The suspects then fled the scene and the police pursued them, resulting in the arrest of Tinashe Cloud Jokonya.”
The ZRP recovered several items used by the suspects in the attempted robbery, including an angle grinder, an electric grinder with two 20-volt batteries, two 20-volt Jadever batteries, a wheel spanner, four cutting discs, two wire cutters, a pair of rubber gloves, two caps, and a magazine containing five dummy rounds.
