Maputo — The prosecution has called for "exemplary sentences" against five Mozambican police officers accused of involvement in the theft of ten million meticais (about 144,000 US dollars at current exchange rates) from a Maputo casino, reports Wednesday's issue of the independent newssheet "Carta de Mocambique".
The manager of the Marina Casino, accompanied by one of the casino's drivers, had just withdrawn ten million meticais from a Maputo bank.
Two men left these cars and approached the manager, presenting themselves as police officers.
The casino driver, disobeying the manager's instructions, unlocked the car and facilitated the theft, allowing the policemen-turned-gangsters to make off with the entire ten million meticais.
The manager ordered him to pursue the police cars, but the driver refused.
