Zim man found with Botswana e-passport

*Conman swindles teacher of P25,000
FRANCISTOWN: A middle-aged Zimbabwean man was arrested after being found in possession of a Botswana e-passport and other documents while a 37-year old teacher at Mosetse Primary School near here was swindled out of P25,000 by an unidentified conman who has since disappeared.

The Commander of Tutume Police Station, Vusimusi Jorowe, says the teacher was swindled in June but the matter was only reported to the police on Monday. Jorowe told Mmegi yesterday that the suspect got the money from the teacher under the pretext that he was going to buy him a car with it. "The suspect worked for a local company that was constructing a road in the village," he said.

"He pounced on the teacher upon completion of the project in June, promising to buy him one of the cars that were used on the project for the teacher. The teacher duly deposited the money into the man's account, but he never delivered the car.

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