Police arrest a man with 106 mobile phone handsets

Malawi Police in Mulanje have arrested a 25 year old man for possessing 106 cell phones without supporting documents

Matenya displaying the phones

Mulanje Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Gresham Ngwira said Police arrested Frank Matenya on Monday at a roadblock in the district with a lot of handsets.

He said on Sunday the Police were manning a roadblock along Mulanje-Muloza Road when Matenya approached the place on a motorcycle carrying a bag full of assorted cell phones.

“When we searched the bag, we found 106 assorted cell phones” Ngwira said, adding that the suspect failed to produce documents supporting ownership of the items.

Matenya’s failure to produce the supporting document prompted the Police to arrest him and seized the questionable items.

Meanwhile, investigations are underway to establish where and how he obtained the cell phones.

Matenya who is currently in Police custody comes from Ndongo Village, Traditional Authority (TA) Nsabwe in Thyolo district.

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Citizen
Citizen
3 years ago

Thief catching an innocent man.

Visitor
Visitor
3 years ago

Even He is arrested but you won’t find an evidence if the phones were stolen or not, if it works like that, then many could be arrested who buy second hands phone, because we don’t ask for papers buying 9 years used phone.

APM Hands DPP back to UDF

Atupele said he is going to donate mobile phones and laptops. That is a good market for these.

Mtamba
Mtamba
3 years ago

The police has nothing to do this days people buy handsets in south Africa which doesn’t have document they better work hard to arrest criminals and murders

Zofu
Zofu
3 years ago

Wodya nzake alibe mlandu

Dondo
Dondo
3 years ago

Aww nde kuwamanga koma mabwana was akupezeka ndi dzindalama zopanda supporting documents nde kuwasekelela

A FEW GOOD MEN
A FEW GOOD MEN
3 years ago
Reply to  Dondo

Life is unfair brother.

The Insurgent
3 years ago

Maybe our police is working. Maybe Mr. Frank Matenya is just unlucky! (..there are vacancies at MEC. Mr. Matenya won’t need to pinch phones.)

Nyirenda Tobious
Nyirenda Tobious
3 years ago

Akuba ndikonsekonse, Kwathu kuutumbuka, kwaalomwe, asena, amang’anja, achewa, atonga, alambia, ankhonde etc…. Tiyeni tiike responsible comment in accordance with the news published above. Osati zomasankhana mitundu, a suspect is our fellow Malawian citizens. Let the law take its course after the investigations are over

444444No
444444No
3 years ago

Aaaaaa za mtiiiii, do you all these vendors who r selling such handsets have documents ?check the streets of Lilongwe, Limbe ,Zomba,Mzuzu etc u will find such vendors, takamangeni anawotcha Utm office ku Lilongwe

Kalulu Wadwala
3 years ago

The thief comes from thyolo

ndadabwa
3 years ago
Reply to  Kalulu Wadwala

zobera mavoti zimenezo

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