2 students arrested at Soche Technical for gun possession charge – Malawi Police

Malawi Police in commercial capital, Blantyre have arrested two Soche Technical College students for illegal possession of a fire arm.

The students, identified as 28 year-old Timothy Malomba of Chiwopya village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Nkhumba in Phalombe district and Joseph Kalamula, 17, of Ngwenya village in Blantyre, were allegedly found with a pistol.

They were arrested during a sweeping exercise the law enforcers conducted during the night of August 12 and 13 2015 in Limbe, according to Southern Region Police Assistant spokesperson, Peter Mchiza.

“They were found near Limbe Market where one of suspects was found with a pistol and told the law enforcers the firearm belonged to his friend. So, the police just arrested them and they will likely face felony charges,” said Mchiza, revealing that similar (sweeping) exercise saw the arrest of 10 people for rogue and vagabond in Mwanza.

“Two others were arrested for possessing forex without supporting documents,” Mchiza.

Of ate gun crime has been on the increase in the country.

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28 replies on “2 students arrested at Soche Technical for gun possession charge – Malawi Police”

  1. a Malawi timatoledwa zedi ndi akanganya amenewa. amatifwala heavy! anzathu a Tanzania, ndi ena amalemba chakwao, salola njenjete kuononga mtundu… yawo ndi confusing basi!

  2. Big up POLICE corps deal with them mercelessly though when doing police patrols please do with experitise you end up bullying innocent souls!!! But all ways Good job akamberembere nonse muli mmadzi!!!

  3. Those are consequences of delaying or denying student finance……students end in umbava! Adyanji wana?…..lol…Police need to carry out thorough investigations…..Ana anatenga kuti futi?…they might find big fish or even negligent police officers behind it……..Arrest those ones…..anawa let them do community service for some time, refer them to good lifeskills counsellors and allow them to finish their studies to be gud citizens!

  4. English comments. Nyasatimes, Nyasaland, all in a colonial sense. Dziko lathu, nkhani zathu. Dzuka Malawi, dzuka.

  5. Don’t release them, they wil finish us. Iwe John go to ur country men n speak wat u cal de English. Here tiyankhula chichewa. Wat r u doin in our country? Ulibe chochita kwanu eti? mbuzi!!!!!

  6. Mwaona mmidzi yawo? ALOMWE tu awa. Mbuzi za anthu, kungodziwa kuba basi. Monga mene anabera masankho.

  7. These two are criminals hiding at Soche Technical School masquerading as students.The College should chuck out these two gun toting thugs.They are not healthy to other honest students.Its time the police locked up these thugs.

  8. John Telford Nyasatimes is a Malawian forum.So if you don’t understand some local Malawian languages then that is not our problem and nobody has been forcing you to read nyasatimes or read comments that are in English only.Pumbwa iwe eti…

  9. Dont be irrational in your thinking. The child trufficker who was hummered with two years is a Lomwe by tribe find out. These are criminals and they must face the music period. Read politics and you will be ashamed of some idiotic comments you are making.

  10. Amenewa siana these are dangerous criminal koma awakhulukira coz they are all from the Llomwe zone so to them this not a case and i kno for sure that one or two politicians have already cautioned the police to realese these young criminals. Dziko lawonongeka.

    1. no ways its a malawian online paper so tilankhula chichewa kuti tinvane eni akefe. if u dnt understand zako. Mother tongue first English comes.second. Proud of my motherland. zachizungu zanuzo zikagwere

  11. Welcome Boko Haram! Inayi nd nsanje, mukufuna muziba nokha nd mfuti? Abwezereni mfuti zawo anawo, alinazo plan. Mwayiwala kut kuli mbava za cashgate? Anawo akuziteteza okha kut akafika awowo, azingopheratu. Thumb up guys!

  12. alomwe mmalo moti mupange za sukulu inu mukukapanga za uchigawenga kutengera ambuyanu. nkumati iyayi quota… zitihandiza izi?

  13. Sanaphe mun2 ameneo ataeni an2 akulakwa milandu ikuluikulu kumapeto kwake amangopatxidwa zilango nthawi yochepa kenako umva apatxidwa BAIL kumapeto kwake amathawa ndie awa apha munthu ngati

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