Zimbabwe Republic Police arrested a man posing as a police officer, Norest Jingura, 35, and Alison Maredza, 43, a member of the security services, on the Harare–Beitbridge Road near Bubi.[1] The two were travelling towards Harare in a Toyota Hilux, registration AGP 1412, owned by Maredza.[1] National police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrests and said police were investigating how Jingura obtained the police uniform.[1] Bulawayo24 reported that Maredza is a corporal in the Zimbabwe National Army’s Presidential Guard and that the vehicle was stopped at a National Task Force anti-smuggling roadblock in Bubi, 77 km from the Beitbridge Border Post.[2] According to a police memo quoted by Bulawayo24, the two were arrested at about 7:15 am on 14 February 2026 after a tip-off that the vehicle was carrying drugs.[2]

A national police crack team intercepted the vehicle and recovered 120 cobs of dagga, the local name for cannabis.[1] The memo said each of the 120 cobs weighed about 5 kg, a combined 600 kg that police valued at US$96,000 on the street.[2] The memo said the two told investigators they were paid US$25 per cob and expected US$3,000 on delivery of the load.[2] Jingura was in full Zimbabwe Republic Police uniform with Assistant Inspector rank badges and told police that an officer at Mkushi Academy had given it to him, the memo said.[2] Investigations were continuing and no charge, court date or outcome was reported.[2]