According to SERNIC's spokesman in Maputo city, Hilário Lole, this Monday "it was possible to arrest four men of Mozambican nationality, aged between 26 and 50, who are suspected of having taken part in the kidnapping" of a businessman. It should be remembered that the kidnapping took place on September 27,...
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Police still have no trace of the businessman's kidnappers in the capital
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) yesterday confirmed the kidnapping of a Mozambican businessman, which took place on Wednesday afternoon in the city of Maputo. However, they still have no clues about the kidnappers. The spokesman for the PRM in Maputo city, Leonel Muchina, said that the police authorities are taking steps to find the kidnapped victim's...
SERNIC on the hunt for Chinese businessman accused of manufacturing construction material with stolen CFM material
The National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) in the city of Beira is looking for a Chinese businessman accused of using material stolen from the Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique company to produce construction rods. According to O País, the accused is a repeat offender, and this is the third time he has...
Maputo: Plainclothes police thwart attempted kidnapping of businessman previously indicted for drug trafficking
Undercover Mozambican police officers today foiled an attempt to kidnap a businessman on Karl Marx Avenue in Maputo city. According to information received by MZNews, the businessman was Gulam Rassul Moti. The data, which is still scarce and could be updated at any moment, indicates that the plainclothes police officers already knew...
Gang led by a grandfather beats up businessman healer
A 66-year-old man is accused of leading a gang of five who robbed and beat up a healer and his wife in the Ribáuè district of Nampula. He and another subordinate are already in the hands of the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC). In addition to the assault on the healer and his wife,...
Triunfo: Maputo Region Water Dismantles Clandestine Connection in a Businessman's House
A brigade from the company Águas da Região Metropolitana de Maputo (AdRMM) has just dismantled a clandestine connection at the home of a businessman, in the upscale Triunfo neighborhood, Maputo municipality. According to a note sent to our newsroom, the owners of the residence had made a "bypass" in order to fraudulently use the water...
Qatari businessman ups the offer to buy Manchester United
Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani has made a potentially final offer for Manchester United, which, according to the Times, would also serve to ward off INEOS owner Jim Ratcliffe, who many believe is the favorite to take control of the Old Trafford team. However, the Qataris are not giving up. Through the Nine Two Foundation,...
Businessman Jack Ma returns to China after more than a year's absence
The founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, Jack Ma, has returned to China after an absence of more than a year, the Hong Kong daily South China Morning Post reported, quoted by Lusa. The businessman disappeared from Chinese public life in 2020, after criticizing the country's financial supervision system,...
Sernic announces arrest of suspect in case of businessman found dead in Matola
The National Criminal Investigation Service has announced the arrest of a man suspected of involvement in the case of the businessman kidnapped a week ago, who was found dead on Tuesday in one of the neighborhoods of the city of Matola, Maputo province. "In connection with the crime, we have detained a citizen. Sernic [the National Criminal Investigation Service] regrets the fact...
Who are the kidnappers of Homecenter's "heir"?
A real estate businessman was kidnapped on Tuesday morning, in front of the Homecenter store on Av. de Angola, in Maputo City. Information obtained by MZNews indicates that it was Hussein, one of the sons of the owner of that business establishment. Sources heard by some media outlets said that the victim's vehicle was blocked by the...