Two men have been arrested after police swooped on them in possession of raw elephant ivory weighing a hefty 8.5 kilograms — the latest crackdown on Malawi’s illegal wildlife trade. Green Banda, 25, from Bereu Village in Traditional Authority Maseya, and Cosmos Tchale, 20, from Chindiole Village in Traditional Authority Ngabu, were caught red-handed by […]
Malawi Police in Mzimba have arrested Pastor Noel Sakala for Glory of Jesus Pentecostal Church and an Agriculture Extension Development Officer for Eswazini EPA in Mzimba district for being found in possession of ivory. The two were arrested on Friday around Mzimba market where they were reported to be looking for prospective customers, according to […]
A 41-year-old man is in the cooler in Mzimba for being found in possession with ivory. Police say they have arrested Senge Shonga after he was found with two pieces of raw ivory at Madede in Mzimba. Mzimba Police Deputy Publicist John Nyirongo says police in conjunction with National Parks and Wildlife officials tracked and […]
A 79-year-old man, Mbondo Zimba, is in police custody after being found in possession of 12 pieces of raw ivory weighing 61.50 kilograms. Kasungu district police spokesperson Harry Namwanza said the the arrest was made Wednesday night at Chisinga area in the district after police successfully followed a tip from a wellwisher who said the […]
Malawi Police Service in Dedza and Balaka in collaborations with the Wildlife Crime Investigations Unit have arrested four people for allegedly being found in possession of ivory. Deputy national police spokesperson Thomeck Nyaude confirmed that the first suspect was arrested on August 7 2020 at Dedza Roadblock on his way to Lilongwe from Blantyre while […]
Malawi police in Nkhotakota have arrested a 34-year-old man for being found in possession of ivory worth K19 million. Nkhotakota police public relations officer William Kaponda said Samuel Kaliati was found with 31 kilograms of ivory. “He is said to have entered Nkhotakota game reserve where he killed an elephant for the ivory,” said Kaponda. […]
Malawi Police in Nkhotakota are keeping in custody a 34-year-old man for allegedly entering into protected Nkhotakota Game Reserve and killing an elephant. This happened after Parks and Wildlife Assistants (PWA) on Tuesday December 10, 2019 arrested him inside the game reserve. According to Nkhotakota Police Public Relations Officer, Sub Inspector Williams Kaponda, the suspect […]
A 37-year-old man has been slapped with a two year-jail term for being found with two pieces of ivory valued at K987,000. The Mangochi second grade court sentenced Useni Wali to the two-year jail term after he was convicted for an offence of illegal possession of listed species which contravenes the Wildlife Act. State assistant […]
The Lilongwe Magistrates Court has on Tuesday September 24 2019 convicted two Chinese nationals and two Malawians for Illegally possessing and dealing in wildlife products contrary to the National Parks and Wildlife Act. In his judgment, Senior Resident Magistrates Court, Lilongwe presiding Magistrate Chisomo Msokera found the four individuals guilty of illegal possession of listed […]
Malawi Police in Nkhotakota have arrested a court-marshal over missing pieces of ivory which were meant to be exhibits in a court case. Nkhunga police in Nkhotakota police spokesperson Ignatius Esau said the court-marshal, Gift Nyirenda, 36, is suspected to have stolen one pair of ivory which was kept in an exhibit room at Nkhunga […]
Malawi Police in Kasungu have arrested four people for being found in possession of ivory whose elephants are suspected to have been poached from Kasungu National Park. Police spokesperson in Kasungu Harry Namwaza said the four were found with ivory worth 34 kilograms. “They were selling the ivory at K60,000 per kilogram,” said Namwaza. He […]
Malawi Police Service in Nkhotakota has arrested Master Banda, 47 and Philemon Banda, 22, for being found in possession of elephant tusks weighing 26.5 kg without permission. According to Central Region Police spokesperson, Superintendent Nolliettie Chihana-Chimala, police received a tip-off from a well-wisher that the said suspects were in possession of the tusks and that […]
Malawi Police Servuces in Chikwawa have arrested three people on suspicion that they were trading in ivory, banned product from elephants. Police spokesperson in Chikhwawa Foster Benjamin identified the three as Gift Zachepa, 39, a Lisongwe and Thonje. “When we arrested them, they said they got the ivory from Mozambique so we are investigating the […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have arrested two people for illegal trading of ivory. Police say the two, Allan Nyirenda and Robins Kaira, were arrested at City Mall in the Capital City when undercover police found them with less than one kilogram of the ivory. The police say the two have since been charged with illegal […]
Mzimba First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced two Zambian nationals to 4 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for illegal possession of ivory and handed a one- year suspended sentence to a Zambian motorbike operator for transporting the ivory. Eliza Mtonga 25, and Gideon Ngwenya 37 both Zambian nationals, were arrested together with the motorbike […]
A 54-year-old Congolese National conducting agri-business at Mkanda Trading Centre in Mchinji is in police custody after being found in possession of eight pieces of ivory. Mchinji Police spokesperson, Kaitano Lubrino, said Abdullah Sebambe who comes from Democratic Republic of Congo was arrested on Wednesday following a tip-off that he was in possession of ivory. […]
Mchinji Police on Monday intercepted two Zambian nationals after being found in possession of ivory valued at K13, 431,000. The suspects John Phiri, 38, and Julius Daka, 32 were arrested at Kaombe Police checkpoint along Mchinji-Mwami border. The two were nabbed following a joint operation that involved Police and Officials from Parks and Wildlife Departments […]
A Blantyre magistrates court has sentenced a Malawian of Indian extraction to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour or pay a fine of K10 million for being found with foreign currency and ivory in his house without permission. Magistrate Peter Kandulu has since ordered that the US$14, 000 which was found in the house of […]