Abakhenkethi baseBritane uShanti Andrews kunye noRebecca Turner bavalelwe kwintolongo yaseBrazil eyaziwa ngokuba yi “Cell Zero-Zero” emaphethelweni eRio de Janeiro. Le ntolongo igcina amabanjwa amalunga ne-150 atyholwa ngokurhweba ngeziyobisi, ukuphanga, nokubulala, kwaye kwimeko yabakhenkethi, kutyholwa ngobuqhetseba kwiinshorensi.
Aba babini babekade bephumelele umthetho wesiNgesi kwiYunivesithi yaseSussex, ababeza kubhabha ekhaya ngoMvulo ophelileyo, baxelele amapolisa ukuba baphangiwe ngelixa babesiya eRio besuka eFoz do Iguacu, indawo edumileyo yabakhenkethi kumda weBrazil neParaguay neArgentina.
Iirekhodi zamapolisa zibonisa ukuba phakathi kwepropathi exabisa i-£ 1,000 abafazi abathi baphangiwe yayiyi-Apple iPod Touch, ikhamera yeCanon 8015 NUS, kunye nelaptop.
Ngokweengxelo kumaphephandaba aseBrazil, amapolisa akhawuleza arhanela ukuba kukho into engalunganga kuba aba bafazi babini besenazo iipasi zabo. Amapolisa acele ukusiwa kwihostele engaselunxwemeni apho bebehleli khona aba bafazi, ngaphakathi bathi bafumene izinto ekucingelwa ukuba zibiwe kwiilokhi zala makhosikazi.
Amapolisa abakhenkethi baseRio athi eli “qhinga lomthwalo,” abathi abakhenkethi bazenze ngathi baphangiwe ukuze bafune i-inshorensi, lingumkhwa okhulayo kwesi sixeko siselunxwemeni lolwandle.
“Enye indlela yokuxhasa uhambo lwakho ngemali,” watsho umkhenkethi waseYurophu owavumayo ukuba uye wafaka ingxelo yamapolisa yobuxoki kwakweso sikhululo saseRio ukuze afake ibango leinshorensi. “Yiyure enye esitishini sitshintshiselana nge-700-800 yee-euro. Yimali yokukhwela inqwelo moya leyo.”
