that deals with cases of theft and robbery of motor vehicles. The section is also responsible for the clearing of motor vehicles for various purposes that include: Clearance for registration of motor vehicles Clearance for permanent export where a SARPCCO clearance certificate is issued. Temporary Clearance where vehicle is to be used outside the country temporarily. Clearance for vehicles imported from outside the SARPCCO region for the purposes of re-registration. Clearance for a change of ownership. CID Homicide CID Homicide is a specialised section that deals with high-profile cases of robbery and murder where life is threatened or lost through the use of lethal weapons. INTERPOL National Central Bureau (INTERPOL NCB) The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO) popularly referred to as INTERPOL is an international police organisation that deals with transnational crime. The organisation has a membership of 194 countries and Zimbabwe is a member. Each member country has a National Central Bureau (NCB) which deals with transnational crimes. The other roles of NCB include: Exchange of information with other NCBs on criminal matters Extradition of fugitives Development of national criminal database Sharing information/intelligence on policing matters The NCB has the following desks Theft of motor vehicles Economic crimes Financial and high-tech crimes Public safety and terrorism Stock theft Drug trafficking Trafficking in human beings Fraudulent travel documents Environmental Crimes Forensics & Ballistics The Forensic Science Laboratory Unit is housed at the Criminal Investigation Department Headquarters in Harare. This is a highly specialised technical unit of the Zimbabwe Republic Police whose function is to aid police investigations through analysing exhibits and giving expert conclusive evidence on crime scenes. The unit is manned by highly qualified forensic scientists, and has the following sub-sections; Biology Section The Section analyses a wide range of biological evidence for example samples of blood, semen, saliva, sweat derived from cases of murder, rape, stock-theft, etc. Criminalistics Section The Criminalistics area brings together a pool of scientists dealing with microscopy, tool marks, paints, glass, fibres and hairs analyses etc. The section also examines evidence of hair, fibres, gunshot residue, bullets, cartridges and metals. Chemistry Section This section analyses minute to complex toxicological evidence (pesticides, insecticides, herbicides and other poisons), arson accelerants, explosives and explosive ordinances, blood alcohol, controlled drugs etc. Document Examination Section The Document Examination Section uses application of advanced analytical techniques in the analysis of hand-writing, signatures, indented impressions, alterations, erasures, obliterations, type writer, printed