Police arrest fellow cops for stealing from robber

COPPERBELT Police have arrested six Criminal Investigation Officers accused of stealing over US$80,000 from a fleeing armed robber. The six Chingola based detectives who have been charged and detained in police custody are also said to have killed the armed robber, although none of them has been charged with murder as the incident happened “in the line of duty, during an exchange of fire”. The arrested officers who have been charged with the offence of theft by public servant are: Superintendent Mbita Mpazi, who is the District CIO for Chingola, detective Chief Inspector Christopher Kabwe who is the deputy CIO in Chingola District, Detective Chief Inspector Willie Bwalya, a CIO at Chingola Central, Detective Chief Inspector Eddie Chiyabi, a Deputy…...