Mozambique Owners of seized weapons remanded in custody in Chimoio – Carta

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Mozambique Owners of seized weapons remanded in custody in Chimoio – Carta

9:53 CAT | 07 Jun 2023

An investigating judge at the Provincial Judicial Court of Manica on Tuesday decided to exercise the maximum degree of coercion against the two foreign nationals found in possession of an unusually large weapons stash last week.

Portuguese citizen João Moreira da Cruz and Zimbabwean national Gert Andrew Naupe will await trial in preventive detention.

A request for the release of the defendants on a ‘Term of Identity and Residence’ basis was refused.

Under Mozambican criminal law, defendants under ‘Term of Identity and Residence’ are obliged to regularly present themselves to the authorities (court, police station) to confirm with the relevant documents their identity as well as their current place of residence.

João Moreira Da Cruz is the manager of the restaurant ‘O Jardim’ and Gert Andrew Naupe is director of Mozbife and DECA, companies operating in the farming and livestock sector.

Both defendants reportedly claimed before the investigating judge that the weapons found in their possession were intended for individual protection.

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Source: Carta de Moçambique