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Cost of escorting cash-in-transit vehicles unknown

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Cash-in-transit vehicles was taken in 2019 following a series of armed robberies involving vehicles transporting cash.. PIC KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Seven years since the Botswana Police Services (BPS) were deployed to escort Cash-in-Transit (CIT) vehicles, government is yet to know the cost it has incurred on the operation.

This was revealed by the Minister for State President, Defence and Security, Moeti Mohwasa recently in Parliament, saying "we still have to calculate how much has been spent on this operation".

"We hope we will appreciate that there is no dedicated unit for this operation as it forms part of our normal daily duties," he said.

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