A serial robber in Blantyre has been sent back to jail to serve 14 years imprisonment with hard labour just weeks after he had completed another eight year term. Police prosecutor in Blantyre Moja Phiri told magistrate Innocent Nebi that 25 year old Robert Nyirongo was involved in serious robbery with violence soon after coming […]
Malawi Police in Ntcheu have arrested five people in connection with a K22.7 million robbery at Smallholder Farmers Fertillizer Revolving Fund (SFFRM) deposit in the district Ntcheu on the night of January 13. Ntcheu police publicist Gift Matewere said the five have been arrested in Ntcheu and Mulanje and some cash and vehicles believed to […]
Robbers have stolen MK 1,432,010 and 257 coupons of Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium (NPK) fertilizer at Khonjeni Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) selling point in Thyolo district. The robbery took place on the night of January 21 to 22, 2016 when a group of unknown criminals attacked the guards on duty that night and tied […]
Mzuzu magistrate Catherine Pire has asked for Malawi police service protection at her house saying she has received death threats. Phiri surprised the police on Tuesday during the hearing of the K500 million (about $737 494) Mzuzu Standard Bank robbery. “I am wondering why we have so many police officers in the court for this […]
Malawi Police in Blantyre have arrested a fellow officer in-charge of an armoury at Police Training School at Kanjedza on allegations that he supplied arms and ammunition to the recently arrested four suspected hardcore criminals. According Nyasa Times sources in the police, the arrested officer is Assistant Superintendent, David Mkandawire who is head of armoury, […]
A Police Officer who was engaged in several robberies has been remanded at Maula Prison awaiting court proceedings and no person is above law, Central Region Police Spokesperson Ramsey Mushani has said. Mushani identified the Police Officer as Sergeant Grey Chinsinga of PMS C Division in Lilongwe and that he was apprehended this week after a number of […]
Law enforcers moved swiftly to foil an execution of a robbery that was to take place at Little Poultry in Lilongwe’s Njewa’s area the time they would be transferring cash from the factory. Police have confirmed that they received information at around 1100 hours of Sunday December 13 2015 suggesting that that criminals were geared to attack […]
Police in Lilongwe are keeping in custody 36-year-old Bikitoni Livimbo nicknamed Jacuda for allegedly stabbing to death a security guard in a foiled robbery attempt at a shop in Kawale 1 in Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Station Publicist, Inspector Kingsley Dandaula in an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) Tuesday identified the deceased as Milias Kazembe […]
Mzuzu Standard Bank K500m heist Ken Kamwambi’s father made news when he kept on intimidating journalists who were taking pictures of his son. He kept on pushing and intimidating the journalists at Mzuzu magistrates court in full view of a contingent of armed police officers. At one point, he nearly broke the camera of the […]
Robbers armed with panga knives on Monday morning stole K2 million worth of school fees at Thyolo Secondary School, Police have confirmed. The money is reportedly examination fees collected from candidates for the Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB). Confirming the incident, Edith Kachotsa, Police Public Relation Officer told the Malawi News Agency (Mana) that the […]
State prosecutors on Monday started parading witnesses in a K500 million heist case, one of the biggest bank robberies in Malawi. Prosecutors paraded two bank employees who said the suspected thieves came into the bank and forced them to open a cash chest with the money which was due for banking with the Reserve Bank […]
Malawi police have arrested a driver involved in the K6 million OG plastics robbery in Limbe town, Blantyre barely three weeks after arresting four suspected armed criminals who staged the heist. Police have arrested a 37-year-old John Kapitikisa from Tapala village, T/A Likoswe in Chiradzulu district. National police Press and Public Relations Officer, Rhoda Manjolo […]
A co-accused in the case where a former Malawi police officer, Constable Kondwani Guta is accused of robbery with violence has died, Nyasa Times has established. Geoffrey Kandulu was arrested together with Guta on 13th December, 2014 following their involvement in an armed robbery incident that happened in Kanjedza residential area, Blantyre. The two, whose […]
Police in Limbe town have arrested suspected armed criminals involving in the MK6 million OG plastics heist. The law-enforcers have also recovered two vehicles, Toyota Altezza and Nissan Note from the criminals. The robbery happened on Saturday 24th October, 2015 at Maselema in Blantyre. Deputy Commissioner, John Nyondo said they have managed to arrest the […]
Armed robbers have shot dead a Malawi Police officer and wounded another one before they reportedly went with K6 million. The incident happened at Maselema in Limbe on Saturday and the deceased has since been identified as Sub-Inspector Mabutawo while the cop hospitalized at Blantyre Adventist Hospital is Constable Phiri. The law officers also managed […]
Former police officer, Kondwani Guta was two weeks ago arrested for allegedly being involved in another armed robbery. Guta was interdicted from police service earlier this year after he was arrested and charged of robbery with violence following his involvement in an armed robbery incident in Kanjedza residential area, Blantyre last year. And two weeks […]
Two men involved in a string of terrifying robberies in Blantyre and have been jailed for 10 years with hard labour by the Blantyre Magistrate Court on Friday. The men – 40-year-old Richard Almando and 30-year-old Harold Mpoya -were brought to justice after police launched an investigations when the two on 18 November 2011, armed […]
Criminals in Mangochi district on Wednesday failed to steal cash amounting to K4.3 million as they could not manage to break open a cash chest, police have confirmed. The unknown criminals in the wee hours of Wednesday (August 16, 2015) broke into Airtel Shop at Safari Filling Station and stole airtime top-up vouchers worth K2.1 million but could not […]