Malawi Police at Kanengo Police Station have arrested a 33 year old man identified as Christopher Chagazika allegedly growing Indian hemp. Kanengo Police Deputy Publicist Sub Inspector Esther Mkwanda told Nyasa Times that Chagazika was cultivating the hemp in Kamange Village along the banks of Mtedza river. “The Station’s Criminal Investigation Department team raided Chagazika’s […]
Tiyese Landirani (not her real name), a Blantyre resident living in Chirimba Township is a worried mother. Her 23-year-old son started taking liquor at the age of 15 when he was in Form 2. “I did not expect it until the time when my son started smelling of alcohol each time he came back home […]
Malawi Police in Limbe have arrested two suspects for being found in possession of 18 bottles of lotion which contained the illicit drug of Cannabis Sativa, locally known as Chamba. Limbe Police Deputy Public Relations Officer (PRO), Widson Nhlane Friday identified the two as Samuel Chokomba, 20 and Eliza Sinsamala, 19 who were arrested after […]
Two men are behind bars at Salima Police Station after being found in possession of Indian hemp without license. Public Relations Officer for Salima Police Station, Sub-Inspector Gift Chitowe, said on Saturday morning, police received information that Toyota Carina registration number BR 950, being driven by Nelson Chimalizeni aged 36 years of Chipyse Village, T/A […]
Two people are in police custody in Ntcheu district after they were found with 42 plastic paper bags full of cannabis sativa commonly known as Chamba. The two, 38-year-old John Chinyama and Idani Phiri 19 years old, were arrested at Mapira Trading Centre few kilometers from Lizulu Trading Centre along Lilongwe-Blantyre M1road. Ntcheu police Public […]
Kasungu First Grade Magistrate Court has fined Patrick Phiri, 47, MK150, 000 or in default serve a 12 months jail term for being found guilty of possessing Indian hemp. Phiri was arrested on 23rd May at Chisazima Roadblock where he was found with three bags of Indian hemp which he had mixed with charcoal. During […]
Malawi Police in Rumphi have arrested 40 year old James Mfune from Traditional Authority Chikulamayembe in Rumphi for cultivating Indian hemp, which is illegal. Senior Superintendent Charles Mpezeni of Rumphi Police Station said police were tipped-off that the suspect was cultivating Indian hemp in his garden, which prompted police investigation. “We received a tip from […]
Anti-drug activists say more youths are now smoking hemp since the legalisation of industrial hemp last year and have since asked the government to put in place controlling measures. Nelson Zakeyu of Drug Fight Malawi says a research which his organisation undertook recently shows that half of the youth in Malawi are now on marijuana […]
Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) Police says it intercepted two giraffe curios stuffed with Indian Hemp (Chamba) addressed to a recipient in Ukraine. Public Relation Officer for KIA Police, Sgt. Sapulain Chitonde, confirmed the development saying the consignment was sent to Air cargo Offices by one, Robert Ng’ombe, through Limbe Post Office and that the concealed […]
Malawi Police in the tea-growing district of Mulanje have arrested a 36 -year-old man John Namowa for being found in possession of Cannabis Sativa locally known as Chamba. Mulanje police Public Relations Officer, Gresham Ngwira said law-enforcers at Muloza police post arrested Namowa during a sweeping exercise on Tuesday. “While doing their duty they received a […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier, a Malawi Prison Service (MPS) warder and two others have been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for a series of robberies in the capital, Lilongwe and surrounding areas. The soldier Noel Kabango (35), working at the Support Battalion and the gang members were arrested following a robbery at Chipiku shop […]
Malawi Police in Balaka are keeping in custody two men for allegedly being found in possession of eight bags of Indian Hemp. Balaka Police Publicist Inspector Edith Kachotsa identified the two as Rafick Gama aged 34 and hails from Kaphikamtama Village in the area of Traditional Authority Chigalu in Blantyre and his assistance Emmanuel Malefula […]
Malawi Police in Kasungu are keeping in custody a woman, Agness Chisale, 26, for being found in possession of 3 bags of Cannabis Sativa also known as Indian Hemp. She was arrested on Friday at Chisazima Road Block by police officers, who were conducting search duties, Kasungu police spokesman Harry Namwaza said. “The seized bags of Indian […]
Malawi Police in the Township of Chilimba in Blantyre have arrested a 23-year-old woman Elizabeth Mitundu after being found in possession of 14 bags of Cannabis Sativa (marijuana) locally known as Chamba. Blantyre police Public Relations Officer, Elizabeth Divala told Nyasa Times that Mitundu was arrested on Saturday (30th July, 2016) following a tip off. “Our officers got […]
Meanwhile, a scientist at Chitedze Research Station in Lilongwe has said the station has completed the second phase of testing industrial hemp. The scientist, Laurent Pungulani said preliminary results indicate that the hemp has just one percent of the substance that intoxicates people as opposed to marijuana which has over 10 per cent. He said […]
On 16th June 2016, Parliament resolved that government should legalise the growing and usage of industrial hemp, both at policy and legislative levels. ‘Industrial hemp must be recognized, appropriately, as an agricultural crop, for industrial purposes distinct from other cannabis varieties.’-Speaker of the National Assembly, Rt. Hon. Richard Msowoya This news was received with excitement. […]
Three powerful cabinet ministers have put their weight behind the growing of industrial hemp in Malawi, saying this would turn around the economic hardships the country is facing but have asked for another vernacular name other than Chamba. Leader of the House George Chaponda, who is also minister of Agriculture and President Peter Mutharika’s right […]
Two men who are brothers are currently in police custody for cultivating cannabis sativa (Chamba) in Mulanje district. The two Wyson Simeon, 58, and Sankhani Simeon, 53, both of Mwanero village, T/A Nkanda in the district were arrested on Monday. Mulanje police Public Relations Officer, Gresham Ngwira said the two planted the said crop in a […]