Atleast two members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)soldiers have been arrested after a family was robbed at gunpoint at a farm in Beatrice, Mashonaland East.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is also holding a third man, who retired from the same army unit.
The three robbers have been identified as Munyaradzi Munyuki, 27, Busani Moyo, 29, and Shadreck Kadira, 33.
According to a statement by the Zimbabwe Republic Police, the trio stole property worth US$2,135 on the night of February 28.
Police said the trio, in connivance with three others, launched a raid on Houmoed Farm where they quickly overpowered Luke Williams, 19, who was relaxed in his bedroom cottage.
After he was tied with shoe laces and had a gun pointed at him, he handed the robbers US$250. The robbers then moved on to the main house where they woke up David George Rickards, 67, and his wife Philliper Rickards, 62.
After threatening to shoot the couple, police say Philliper handed over US$850. The robbers also forced the couple to open the safe which had Z$1,000 in Z$5 notes. The robbers did not take anything.
The robbers then fled the crime scene when the alarm was turned on, splitting into two groups of three.
Officers tracked their footprints to the Harare-Masvingo Road and observed Munyuki, Moyo and Kadira trying to flag down vehicles heading towards Harare.
