Zimbabwe arms cache found, Bennett accused

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By Staff Reporter

ZIMBABWE security forces have found an arms cache in the eastern city of Mutare and uncovered a plot to destabilise the country involving opposition members and army officers, state television said on Tuesday.

"Security forces have unearthed an arms cache in Mutare and arrested a former member of the Rhodesian forces in connection with the recovered arms of war," state broadcaster Zimbabwe Television (ZTV) said in its main news bulletin.

Zimbabwe, which became independent in 1980, was previously called Rhodesia and was a British colony. President Robert Mugabe recently said in Mutare that the country was still threatened by "the monster of imperialism."

The suspect, expected to appear in court soon, had said he was working for an organisation called the Zimbabwe Freedom Movement "with opposition members Bennett and Giles Mutseyekwa as the coordinators", ZTV said.

Roy Bennett and Giles Mutseyekwa are members of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which Mugabe accuses of working with Western countries to try to oust him from power.

"Investigating officers say the suspect claimed to have been working with former members of the Rhodesian forces who are serving members of the uniformed forces, to obtain the arms of war as well as plan acts of possible sabotage and destabilisation," ZTV added.

Security agencies had recovered an impressive arsenal including AK-47 automatic rifles, machineguns, shotguns, pistols, revolvers, tear gas canisters, flares, thousands of rounds of ammunition and a two-way radio communication system - Reuters
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