Botswana officers still detained in Zimbabwe

source: Mmegi
BAME PIET
Staff Writer

Three officers from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) are still detained in Zimbabwe after they crossed into the country by mistake last week.

The armed Botswana officers, travelling in a government vehicle, were tracking lions that had killed two cows in Lesoma village along the border between the two countries. The Botswana High Commissioner in Zimbabwe, Gladys Kokorwe said yesterday that the matter has been reported to her office and that the officers were supposed to appear in court for mention yesterday afternoon.

She was not sure whether they appeared in court because of poor communications between her office in Harare and the police station that detained the three in Victoria Falls.

Kokorwe said that she will send an officer to the town today to get more information.The two towns are [continue reading]

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