HARARE, Zimbabwe - State prosecutors in Zimbabwe say an opposition politician at a Ford car show got into the latest model on display and drove it away.
He has been charged with car theft and will appear in court in June.
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Court papers say police arrested 38-year-old Aaron Muzungu, an official of a small opposition splinter group, after he clocked up more than 1300km in the new Ford Ranger bakkie. Prosecutors said the politician claimed he was interested in buying the pick-up. When he sat in it, the keys were in the ignition.
Police said security at the show was lax and Ford's local agents played live music and held a cocktail party.
Ford brought the first motor vehicle to colonial-era Rhodesia a century ago.
He has been charged with car theft and will appear in court in June.
KEY IN IGNITION
Court papers say police arrested 38-year-old Aaron Muzungu, an official of a small opposition splinter group, after he clocked up more than 1300km in the new Ford Ranger bakkie. Prosecutors said the politician claimed he was interested in buying the pick-up. When he sat in it, the keys were in the ignition.
Police said security at the show was lax and Ford's local agents played live music and held a cocktail party.
Ford brought the first motor vehicle to colonial-era Rhodesia a century ago.