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INCARCERATED Henrietta Rushwaya is demanding her 6 kg of Gold back saying she had no intention of smuggling the precious metal out of the country.
The suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president was arrested more than a week ago at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare while trying to smuggle 6kg of gold to Dubai.
Her continued fight for freedom has hit a snag following a further investigation which implicated top state security officials.
In a latest twist of events, the former ZIFA Chief Executive Officer is now demanding her gold back saying she had no intention of smuggling the gold.
Rushwaya, through her lawyer Tapson Dzvetero, told Magistrate Ngoni Nduna that she took the handbag believing that it contained her personal belongings.
The gold which is worth close to US$333 000 is being kept at Fidelity Printers and Refiners the only refinery company supposed to posses such pure gold.
“The accused person (Rushwaya) denies all the charges. She denies she ever had an intention to smuggle gold outside the country. “
“She had no knowledge that the bag she had carried contained gold and that she was of the mistaken belief that the bag contained her clothes, food stuffs and other personal belongings. She states that she could not have been naive to bring gold through an airport which she fully knows has scientific detectors.”
“She could have not expected freely without having been detected especially in the manner it was not even concealed. There is no mention or allegations that the first accused refused or attempted to dodge the scientific detectors for if she wanted she could have dodged that point because that would have been the pointed where she could be detected.”
Rushwaya also states that she wants her 6kgs gold back since she had no intention of smuggling it.
She was arrested on 26 October at the Robert Gabriel International Airport after being caught with 6kgs gold and is facing allegations of smuggling, and illegal possession of gold,
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