By ALICE NACHILEMBE
Police in Chililabombwe are holding a branch Manager for Bola Bet at Kasumbalesa Border Office for allegedly stealing cash money amounting to K123, 391.
The matter was reported to Chililabombwe police station where it was established that the branch Manager used the money for playing the spine.
Copperbelt Police Commanding Officer Peacewell Mweemba said that the accused on Sunday February 19, 2023 at 08:00 hours opened the shop for the clients and they started playing the spine.
Mr Mweemba said the supervisor in Lusaka monitored some suspicious transactions from his computer on the Kasumbalesa bola bet and he instructed the regional manager to go and verify some of the suspicious transactions.
He said on Monday February 20, 2023, when he reported he discovered that there is a shortfall of K 123,391 cash money on the balance sheet.
“On the actual closing balance there is K 229,588 but cash at hand was K 106,197=00 making a shortfall of K123,391=00,” he said.
