Suspected criminals on Saturday night broke into GBM Milling, a milling company owned by Kasama Central member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba, raiding the entire accounts and logistics departments and stole eight computers but a quick response from Police C5 foiled the robbery as the suspects were immediately apprehended and a taxi they were using impounded.
Both Lusaka Police Commissioner Lemmy Kajoba and Mr Mwamba confirmed the robbery at GMB Milling to the Daily Nation yesterday.
Mr Kajoba said police through the C5 who were on patrol in the Industrial area have since arrested six suspected criminals who had managed to haul six computers from GBM Milling in the accounts and logistic departments.
He said Police were consolidating the details of the robbery before taking taking the suspects to court.
Mr Kajoba said the police who were in the area on the material night apprehended the six alleged criminals after they suspected something wrong going on at GBM Milling.
“Yes, we arrested about six suspected criminals who broke into GBM Milling on Saturday night and stole six computers. Police who were patrolling in the area intercepted the criminals after suspecting that there was something criminal going on at the Milling. We also impounded the taxi they were using to haul the computers and the suspects are currently in custody. We are consolidating their details before taking them to court,” he said.
Mr Mwamba said the number of computers that were stolen from the GBM Milling accounts and logistics departments was eight and that Police recovered some of them after they arrested the suspected criminals.
Mr Mwamba said quick response and action from police C5 department of the anti-robbery squad foiled the robbery and that before the suspect could speed off after breaking into the offices, they were apprehended.
He commended the police officers for their quick action stating that he was happy that the suspects were arrested before they could leave the premises of his company.
Mr Mwamba said among the suspects were two security guards from a named security company.
In another incident, a lone criminal waylaid and ambushed Mr Mwamba’s daughter, Thandiwe and snatched her handbag containing K54 000 and US$3 000 withdrawn from Access Bank for GBM Milling workers’s salaries.
The lone bandit is suspected to have trailed Thandiwe to the bank and waited for her to withdraw the money before ambushing her and snatching the handbag before disappearing into the crowd.
“On Saturday, bandits broke into GBM Milling and raided the entire accounts and logistics departments and stole eight computers but before they could speed off, they were apprehended by the police from the C5 department. I commend the quick action by the police. Some of the computers have been recovered. But on Tuesday, a lone bandit ambushed my daughter who had withdrawn money at Access Bank and robbed her of K54 000 and US$3 000 meant for salaries,” Mr Mwamba said.
Daily Nation
If only the police were this effective all the time.
prime suspect wynter Kabimba!,,, he must have sent those robbers to rob Tandiwe and steal those computers
I did it. Catch me if you can!
@Ndobo, wow wow , he, the one you talking about (If I write his name, my computer get virus) can go that far? Maybe… Then GBM need to leave Zambia for a while, self exile.
You mean there are no Bank Transfer facilities in Zambia or its lack of education on the part of GBM children. online banking tamwaba mu Zambia? Can someone confirm.
That how rich fools lose the wealth after too much pomp and publicity, where is Gadaffi, Mobutu? This is only the beginning
True son of Barotseland, you are not making much sense. What are you trying to say exactly with regard to the robbery at GBM’s milling company? That he deserves to be robbed because of his wealth? And what is the connection to Mobutu and Gadaffi exactly? Clearly your poverty-stricken situation has clearly left you in a hallucinatory and confused frame of mind that you are incapable of reasoning.
@#2 you can’t represent Lozis’ with such styupidity way of thinking, you think like a PF member not a Barotseland’s son.
It is always good to hear the police are doing a great job! I hope we can beef up the training and the budget for the police to completely clamp down crime in Zambia. We are really tired of these criminals! Good ZP
Show a little more, show a little less, add a little smoke, welcome to burlesque. everything you dream of, I have already plundered. Everyone is donating and put your money in my pants. I am not guilty of hammering money during my term as high-comm issioner but I am ready to confess it felt soo good stealing the money. my Dominican lady assistant can always give you a great personal service. Free ladies for everyone when I am president.
But ba Ms Mwamba sure, why don’t you pay your workers by cheque so that, workers could go to the Banks and draw the wages from? Drawing huge sums of cash to pay and/or purchase expensive items using cash fyakale!
You divide 54000 by 300 per person to get the number of checks thandiwe will need to write…
Panga fighters are getting lonely on the streets without their king. Their only way to have more money in thier pockets is to rob others.
and of course hakaivotela heka
They are lucky the trigger happy C5 didn’t spray them with AK 47 bullets.
For me C5 are the most effective police officers in Zambia. Yes they at times over zealous and brutal but you will need them on your side when you are under attack from thieves.
It’s the PF Police looking for sedicious materials on GBM’s computers!
Consider paying your workers through the bank. Some employers are using the DDAcc method.Its safer than paying cash.
DDACC only works when the payee has a bank account.
At 11.1 Workers can be advised to open bank accounts.Casual workers if any can be paid over the counter at the bank. Not a big problem to worry about.
wrong caption (Defence minister)
May God bless the Police Officers for their swift response to apprehend these thieves. This could be a group that had got a Presidential parole to harass innocent lives.
Too much of coincidence! Both robberies involves the milling money! This to me looks like an inside job. Somebody who knows the trend of the movements and what is saved on the computers! First suspects are the employees, both current and old period.
In this time and era I cant imagine GBM is still paying his workers Salaries in cash considering his magnitude of his investments, How about depositing checks in their personal accounts or set up direct deposits in employees personal accounts? I bet his accountant’s are not helping GBM copying up with up to date banking technologies. Paying salaries in cash to employees has more risks to both employers and employees and at times it can amount to corruption activities with a company.
This is a political move:
DDAC only costs less K10 per transfer. Free DATA; have all yo employees open a bank account and pay them using DDAC……… Ubukopo mu Zambia awe mwandi kwati bulwele…. too much money given out. Shame!!!!