Malawi Police in Dedza have arrested two men for allegedly possessing cannabis sativa which they wanted to illegally smuggle to Mozambique. According to Dedza Police Deputy Spokesperson, Constable Cassim Manda, the two have been identified as Fungai Barai, 32 years of Mozambican nationality and Mafosha Banda, 35 of Matunduluzi village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kawamba in […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe Mhave arrested a 41 year old man, Patrick Biyeni for cultivating Indian hemp locally known as Chamba in his farm in Area 10 which made a body of land cruiser full after Police uprooted it. According to Central Region Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Nolliettie Chimala, Police received the information from […]
Development of Industrial Hemp regulations that will enable Malawi to formally join the growing nations is set to start this December as it awaits Cabinet approval, the Malawi Investment and Trade Centre has said. Speaking to the Malawi UK Business Group reception in London, Director of Investment Promotion Joshua Nthankomwa said Malawi is set to […]
A South Africa based researcher and managing director of Ikaros Africa Sandro Righini has backed the calls for legalisation of the use of industrial hemp, saying it can boost the country’s economy. He said his company Ikaros Africa is currently registered under Malawi Investment Trade Centre (MITC) as well as Ministry of Agriculture for Hemp productions. […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has said he is championing the farmining of medical marijuana , saying it fetches more money on the international market which would boost Malawi’s economy. Chilima said when he addressed a political rally of his UTM party in central region Indian Hemp growing district of Nkhotakota on Saturday. “As UTM we want […]
A group of investors on industrial hemp are in the country to lobby the government make regulations which would allow the investors get licence to buy cannabis from the country considered to have economic, medical and nutritional value. A South Africa based Canadian cannabis investor Graham Macntosh from Green Quest Pharmaceuticals said Malawi is losing […]
Malawi Police in Limbe are keeping in custody a couple for allegedly being found in possession of Indian hemp (chamba) in Namiyango Township in Blantyre. Confirming the development, Limbe Police Station Deputy Public Relations Officer (PRO), Patrick Mussa identified the couple as 27 year old Kondwani Kanyenga and his 23 year old wife, Agnes Kanyenga. […]
Malawi Police in Thyolo have arrested village headman Gumbi for allegedly cultivating marijuana locally known as chamba in the district. According to a police statement, the suspect was arrested following a tip-off. He was cultivating the Chamba at his backyard and Police uprooted 278 plants. “We have uprooted the Indian hemp which his was cultivating behind […]
A non-governmental organization (NGO) in the country, United Religious Initiative (URI), has said the rate at which people who have gotten into problems because drug abuse is alarming and has thus called for the public to be accommodative. URI project officer, Geoffrey Manasseh, said during the ‘Don’t Punish Them’ campaign in Lilongwe that reforms are, […]
Mzimba First Grade Magistrate Court HAS set free three senior citizens on the basis of old age after pleading guilty to the charge of cultivating Indian Hemp locally known as chamba in the district. Lyton Lunda, 91, his two sons Nervason, 74, and Alufeyo, 61, were arrested Thursday last week at Nthapangwa Lunda Village, T/A […]
Malawu Police in Mzimba have arrested a father and his two sons for allegedly cultivating marijuana locally known as chamba at their home in Nthapangwa Lunda Village in the district. Northern Region Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Peter Kalaya identified the three as Lyton, Neverson 91, Alufeyo 74 and Lunda 64. He said the suspects […]
A Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier Akex Kanjanga has been arrested by police for allegedly being found in possession of 16 plastic bags of Indian Hemp. Kanjanga, who is based at Engineering Battalion in Kasungu, was arrested at Thavite Trading Centre in Salima at the weekend where police officers mounted a roadblock along the lakeshore […]
A string of Cabinet ministers are said to be ‘breaking the law’ in smoking cannabis, according to what international consultant of Ancient Council of Nyahbinghi Rastafari and elder of the national council of the Rastafarians in the country, Ras Ray Harawa told Times Television. Harawa, who is also manager of the reggae outfit The Black Missionaries, said […]
Malawi Police has said 12 rastafarians will appear in court soon to answer charges of cultivation and possession of cannabis sativa without a licence and misconduct at a police station but they have argued that ‘weed’ is considered to be an aid to worship, a medicine and a source of income for their sect. According to Police the […]
Lilongwe police Tuesday arrested a 63 year old man, Stafford Phalombe for cultivating, possessing and selling cannabis sativa locally known as Chamba. According to Central Region Police Public Relations Officer, Nolliettie Chimala said police received a tip off from well-wishers that the suspect was cultivating the prohibited plant behind his house at Mtsiriza Township in […]
Mangochi First Grade Magistrate’s Court has convicted and ordered James Lucius to pay a fine of K100 000 or in default serve 36 months imprisonment with hard labour for cultivating Indian hemp (chamba). Mangochi Police Station prosecution witness, Constable Augustine Kagwira told the court that on December 22 at around 7:00 PM the police received […]
Nkhunga Police in Nkhotakota are looking for an unknown driver who abandoned a Nissan Tiida registration number MC 5047 with 20 bags of stuff suspected to be Indian hemp. Public Relations Officer (PRO) for Nkhunga Police Station’s, Ignatius Esau confirmed they have so far recovered the 20 bags of suspected cannabis sativa and the motor […]
The first grade magistrate court in Rumphi has sentenced a 24 year old man to 18 months imprisonment with hard labor for selling Indian Hemp to secondary school going students.gemp The court heard that the convict, Alinuswe Simwera used to sit along Mawelere stream evry morning where he could sell twists of Chamba. Rumphi Police […]