HARARE — Prosecutors say President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s daughter-in-law, Kelsea Tadiwa Tafirenyika, accumulated at least US$9.35 million in properties and luxury vehicles over about three-and-a-half years using proceeds allegedly derived from drug dealing.

The US$9,353,750 figure is the combined stated value of 10 properties and eight vehicles for which values are provided in State papers. It does not include a Rolls-Royce listed without a value or 13 additional properties prosecutors allege Tafirenyika owns in Dubai and South Africa.

Tafirenyika, who is married to Mnangagwa’s twin son Collins, was Friday remanded in custody after appearing before magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka on two charges of money laundering and possession of a forged national identity document.

She was arrested Thursday, hours after being released from prison on US$1,000 bail granted by the High Court in a separate drug possession case.

Prosecutor Lawrence Gagarahwe opposed bail, relying on an affidavit by Detective Assistant Inspector Gift Machipisa of the CID Drugs and Narcotics unit.

The State alleges Tafirenyika acquired the assets between January 2023 and August 2026 using proceeds from the alleged dealing in pethidine hydrochloride, morphine sulphate and dagga.

Among the vehicles listed are two Lamborghinis valued at US$561,000 and US$577,300, two Bentleys valued at US$380,000 and US$110,000, a US$340,000 Jaguar, a US$380,000 Land Rover and a US$241,250 Toyota Land Cruiser.

The State also listed 10 properties in some of Harare’s most affluent suburbs, including a US$1.1 million property in Borrowdale Brooke, an US$850,000 property in Borrowdale, an US$800,000 Chisipite property and a US$750,000 property on Borrowdale Road.

Prosecutors further allege that Tafirenyika owns 13 properties outside Zimbabwe in Dubai and South Africa, but their individual locations and values were not specified in the remand papers.

The State alleges she created three companies — Apex Logistics Pvt Ltd, Royal Printing Pvt Ltd and With Three Investments Pvt Ltd — which were used to conceal and layer proceeds of crime.

Machipisa said investigators had documentary and physical evidence supporting the allegations.

“The State case does not rest upon inference or upon the recollection of witnesses alone. It is anchored in institutional records and in real evidence already in the possession of the police,” he said.

The evidence includes Central Vehicle Registry records allegedly linking nine vehicles to Tafirenyika, title deeds and Deeds Registry searches covering the 10 properties, and an allegedly forged identity document.

Police said about 10 witnesses had been identified and their statements were still being recorded.

The State argued that Tafirenyika was a flight risk because of her alleged foreign assets, international travel and access to overseas jurisdictions.

Machipisa said she had “a residence, and a financial base, in each of two foreign jurisdictions to which she may withdraw.”

Prosecutors also allege Tafirenyika possessed a national identity document bearing the name Getrude Badza, which investigators say was not issued by the Registrar-General.

“The allegation in Count Two is directly material to this ground,” Machipisa said, arguing that possession of an identity document in another person’s name demonstrated “both the willingness and the practical capacity to assume a false identity.”

Police also opposed bail on grounds that some properties were allegedly registered in the names of Tafirenyika’s relatives, whom the State intends to call as witnesses.

“The risk that the accused, if released, would prevail upon them to withhold their co-operation from the Police is neither speculative nor remote,” Machipisa said.

Investigators said outstanding work included obtaining certified registry documents, analysing banking and financial records and tracing assets allegedly held outside Zimbabwe.

Police also intend to approach Interpol for a Silver Notice to trace alleged criminal assets abroad and seek mutual legal assistance from South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and other jurisdictions.

“The investigation is expected to be concluded within two months of the date of this affidavit,” Machipisa said.

Tafirenyika was remanded in custody until Monday, when her bail application is expected to be heard.