Atupele home robbery: Malawi Police arrest three suspects
Lilongwe Police has arrested three men suspected to have been part of the gang that invaded and robbed Minister of Energy and Mining Resources, Atupele Muluzi’s Area 9 residence in the Capital City.
The three were caught and arrested in what is termed a raid, which had followed a series of intensive investigations according to Lilongwe Police Public Relations Officer, Kingsley Dandaula who confirmed the arrests.
“We have also retrieved three laptops, and an IPhone along with seven laptop bags which contained tire threads (linya) which we believe is what they use to tie up security guards,” said Dandaula adding,
“They were also in possession of two brand new panga knives, a crowbar and two big torches.”
A gang of robbers had stormed and broken into Muluzi’s house on the night of Friday, November 7, 2014 and went away with bundles of cash money among others.
According to Dandaula, after the break-in into the energy minister’s house, locations of Area 9, and Area 3 had been hit by a succession of robbery attacks which prompted the police to intensify security around the area.
Of the three, one Kennedy Phiri, 26, from Chikalamu village Traditional Authourity (T/A) Khongoni in Lilongwe district, who resided in Area 22 of the city and another is Imulani Mapira, 28, from Moses village in T/A Mposa, Machinga district, a resident of Area 36.
The third, 24 year old Ronald Talawula is from Saimoni village T/A Saimoni in Neno was a resident of Falls location in the city.
The three suspects join 29 year old Paul Waison who was arrested earlier in relation to the same and the four will soon appear before court to answer a charge of robbery with violence contrary to section 301 of the penal code.
Would like to commend the police for a job well done. However would like to join the others who have observed that the police can not act with such speed when ordinary Malawians face the same fate. There are Many Malawians who have been robbed motorcycles, computers etc but have lived every day with high expectations about the recovery of there goods, alas nothing has come forth. Police please note you are paid from tax money paid by even the so called ordinary Malawians. Remember the book animal farm. Wake up for God had observed these things for too long.
Will the authority do the same to anoone like me. .za ife sizipezeka
kumavutitsa kubela anthu usiku, m’malo moti muzikathana ndi azibambo omwe amumanyamura azimayi a BOKO HARAM (MAHULE) ogawa matenda.kupusa
Ndalama mumasunga mnyumba zambiri aung’ono-ung’ono, mukati musunge kubanki ndiye mumakasunga ku ulaya. Kukuberanikutu sichina ayi; gapu ya pakati pa anthu olemera ndi osauka yakula kwambiri. Ndipo ndikanakondwa akuba amenewo ankanati azipanga ngati Robin hood. Makamaka kwa inu anthu andale, mukutizunza a malawi ndinu anthu oipa , mbava zikulu-zikulu. Mukaba simukusegulanso makampani kuti tizipeza mwawi watchito. Zoona ndithu maofesi anu ndi a mmaburigikesi -ZIMANDIWAWA
Pankhani mwina ndayiwala koma ndidawerenga ngati munkati atupele adalibe ndalama only 35000 idali muwaleti lero mukuti bandles of cash moti 35 ingakhale bandles? Komaso wallet yolowa 35000 ndiye ndi yabwino.
Zigawenga zimenezo muziphe tatopa kukhala mwa mantha mdziko mokhala mwathu
Why not showing pictures of robbers we know Muluzi editors please watch these things are you in favor of the robbers perhaps See my name.
As usual I commend Malawi Police for the job well done. i wish such efforts were not only for ministers and high level people in the society. The police should not neglect, ignore and off course connive with criminals when cases are reported by ordinary citizens. Please, please, please Malawi Police we pray that you keep up with good sacrificial efforts to net all these BAD people in our loved country. These caught know most of their friends!!!
A Imran; mwatiyipitsira dzinatu apa.
Koma Atupele Tayo imakukhala ngati asokela pompo mwana wa mjomba Atupeelee! Adakutsukuluza mafanatu awa saizi yako mwana mjomba amangwetu!! Koma osamachita zija za mdala wako zoti kumachangamuka pa Tawoni ayi, komanso kunyumba kwanduna amlawi kopanda apolice at least 4 kuti enawa akabuleya ena alert mesa amatelo kwa azathuku? Nduna mudachepetsa move yaboo, mukukawachepetselanso chitetezo mkuwapatsa ma Gad a G4 siumbuli umenewu?