Ncube, party secretary general Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga and Moses Mzila Ndlovu, all cabinet ministers in the coalition government, are understood to be detained at Hwange Police Station.
Also arrested was Paul Themba Nyathi and at least two dozen other senior party officials.
Police stopped their convoy at a road block mounted along the highway between Hwange and Victoria Falls and directed the travelling party to Hwange Police Station.
Misihairabwi-Mushonga said: «We were stopped at a roadblock and told to re-route to Hwange Police Station under police escort.
«We are there now but they still won’t tell us what we are charged with, except to say they are under instructions from Harare to hold us.»
Kurauone Chihwayi the party’s deputy spokesperson said message that his party President and senior leaders were arrested for contravening some sections of the Public Order and Security Act after they had met party supporters.
«We demand that the police should with immediate effect release the MDC leadership to avoid unnecessary discord in the inclusive.As MDC we will not take the arrest of its President and GPA negotiator lightly.We are concerned with the continued crackdown on the opposition.
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