Unidentified robbers have allegedly stolen three computers that have vital and delicate information on Blantyre City Council’s (BCC) income and expenditures. The thieves also stole a number of already signed cheques which were waiting for dispatch to various companies and service providers. The theft occurred on the night of Tuesday after the robbers broke into Treasury Department […]
Police in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre have arrested two employees of Indebank’s Top Mandala branch is connection with the theft of over K82 million at its Henderson Street service centre. The two, a security guard and bank clerk, are suspected to have connived with the seven armed robbers who entered the bank through the backdoor […]
Lilongwe Police is keeping in custody six suspects for attempting robbery with violence in the city during the night of 21 to 22 July, 2013. Assistant Police Publicist for Lilongwe Police Station, Kingsley Dandaula said on Tuesday that the suspects went to the house of 35 year old Mdala Labson who is a business man […]
The Chinese Embassy in Malawi’s capital city Lilongwe has asked the government to deal with insecurity challenges in the country, saying it is unacceptable that citizens have continued to be robbed and killed during day and night. The call comes in the wake of rising cases of insecurity in the country and after Zhou Feng, a […]
Court hearing for nine people suspected of robbing National Bank Crossroads branch in June last year in Lilongwe continues at Lilongwe Magistrate Court. The suspects Pililani Fuleza 27, Lustiko Chifomboti 28, Idi Mmadi 35, Masauso Kaluwa 30, Charles Maliro 30, Paul Ganeti 46 Charles Kamaunda and Frank Lemu 26, appeared before Chief resident magistrate Ruth […]
Unidentified bunch of criminals Thursday night broke into regional offices of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in Mzuzu where they stole cash and some equipment, police have confirmed. Mzuzu Police Spokesperson, Maurice Chapola, said besides the MEC break-in, the armed robbers also terrorized several residential areas where they stole assorted items including a vehicle which has since […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has acquitted a Mzuzu based police officer who was serving a 10 year jail term for robbing a Congolese national MK100,000 cash and assaulting her in the process at Lusangazi Roadblock in Mzuzu in March this year because the evidence did not support a conviction. Judge Dingiswayo Madise entirely agreed […]
Barely a week after thieves broke into and stole a professional still camera and computer monitor and other office equipment from the offices of the local NGO Centre for Economic and Social Transformation (CEST) at the Malawi Posts and Corporation (MPC) premises, misfortune struck again on the wee hours of Tuesday when eight offices were broken into by […]
Four people have been arrested in connection with a failed attempt to rob FDH Bank in Zomba of money amounting to K4 million . It was business as usual in the morning hours of Thursday when a Toyota Corolla registration number LA 7444 with four people aboard arrived and parked outside the bank’s premises within the […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate Court has started hearing a case in which 35 year old Lex Chanza is accused of robbing Ombudsman Tujilane Chizumila by threatening her with guns and machetes. It is alleged that the accused, Chanza, together with four others went to Chizumila’s house in Lilongwe where they went away with cash in foreign […]
People in Chikhwawa district have expressed concern over lack of security due to armed robbers who have currently dominated in terrorizing many areas of the district. Over thirty thugs on Sunday stormed Maperera Trading Centre under Chief Makhuwira and robbed business people’s stores and went away with money and property worth over K1.2million. According to […]
Tenants who rent their offices at the Malawi Posts and Corporation (MPC) premises at Chichiri area in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre are living in fear of their property and office equipment following a spate of burglaries which has seen many offices broken into in the recent months despite the presence of hired security guards. The […]
The Balaka Second Grade Magistrate’s court has sentenced three people to 2 years imprisonment with hard labour for planning to rob cotton buyers. Police Prosecutor Sergeant Hunter Masmba told the court that the suspects Andrea Amin 56, Christopher Tung’ande 24 and Goshen Banda 23, were on 22nd May, 2013 at Utale in Balaka district discussing on […]
Malawi Police have launched a manhunt for a group of unknown criminals in Northern boarder districts of Chitipa and Karonga who allegedly stole explosives worth over K2 million, putting lives of hundreds of residents at risk. The criminals also injured two security guards, one of whom a 56-year-old, is battling for life at Chitipa District […]
Police in the Eastern Region district of Balaka are keeping in custody three people for allegedly being found in possession of a rifle without permit. Balaka Police spokesperson Sub Inspector Jospeh Sauka identified the three as Andrea Amin 56, Christopher Tung’ande 24 and Goshen Banda 23. He said the three suspects were arrested at Ajiba […]
There was drama on Wednesday morning at Balaka Second Grade Magistrate Court when a 34-year old convict bolted from court after being sentenced to 11 years for breaking into the workshop and stole a cash chest containing K60, 000.00 and a separate K6, 000 cash and a radio. Balaka police spokesperson sub inspector Joseph Sauka told Nyasa Times that […]
The Blantyre Magistrates Court has sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) four men who attacked and robbed retired High Court judge and diplomat, Friday Louis Makuta in Michiru, Blantyre in March this year. The four are Chisomo Bishoni, 20, from Zomba, Jailosi Malikebu, 22, from Mulanje, Gift Chiwaya, 33, from Zomba and […]
Police in Malawi’s southern district of Blantyre have arrested six men they believe broke into a communal house in Naperi Township in the commercial city of Blantyre where they stole various valuable items worth K15.8 million. The occupants of the house are expatriates who are constructing the railway line in Mwanza and Neno districts. The […]