Another 33 shop managers were arrested in Zimbabwe over the weekend for overcharging or failing to display prices, Harare’s Herald newspaper reported on Monday.
Its website said the managers were expected to appear in court on Monday.
On Saturday and Sunday, police arrested the managers for En Bee, Vita City, Truworths, Nyamidzi Motor Spares, Red Star, Wright Rain, Food Chain Belvedere and TM Angwa Street, among others.
A price-monitoring team put the shops under surveillance on Friday.
This was the latest batch of retail managers to be picked up since the establishment of the Cabinet Taskforce on Price Control and Stabilisation.
Police Assistant Commissioner Bothwell Mugariri, who leads the task team, said police were concerned that some leading shops and pharmacies continued selling goods at old prices.
”We are not out there to punish anybody, but to ensure that all parties are protected,” he said.
”Our major concern lies on the plight of consumers, but we will try our best to as well help in the sustainability of manufacturing companies and retail shops.” — Sapa