PLUMTREE — A 47‑year‑old Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service officer stationed at Plumtree, Yusufu Yusufu, appeared before Plumtree Magistrate Joshua Nembaware on charges of aiding an inmate’s escape, court records show. He was granted US$100 bail, and the matter remains before the courts.

Two Zimbabwe Revenue Authority officers and two accomplices have appeared in Plumtree Magistrates Court, accused of orchestrating a sophisticated smuggling operation that allowed duty‑liable alcohol to enter the country disguised as agricultural equipment. The scheme is alleged to have cost the revenue authority more than US$1 million in unpaid import duty.