Chinese national arrested, remanded over alleged 720-tonne lithium smuggling

Reported by New Zimbabwe · yesterday 07:47 · Mary Taruvinga

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A CHINESE national accused of masterminding an operation to smuggle 720 tonnes of unbeneficiated lithium ore out of Zimbabwe has appeared in court and been remanded in custody to Monday for bail consideration. Ning Yaokun (42), also known as Tony and co-director of Orequest (Pvt) Ltd, appeared…

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