Zimbabwe arrests 22,000 people in shantytown blitz
Zimbabwe police have arrested more than 22,000 people as a fierce blitz on illegal stores and shantytowns gathered pace, sending homeless people fleeing for the countryside, the state Herald newspaper said on Wednesday. “We have so far arrested a total of 22,735 people and recovered 33.5 kilograms of gold from 47 illegal gold panners and 26,000 liters of fuel,” Assistant Police Commissioner Wayne Bvudzijena told the newspaper. Full Story