Police in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre have arrested three men believed to have a hand in the death of a Ugandan national who was shot dead and robbed of K4.5 million. The Ugandan national, Mr Mustafa Abdul Karrim was shot dead on December 22 2014 at Petroda Head office behind Optichem in the commercial city. […]
The Balaka Second Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to 10-years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. Police Prosecutor Constable Christopher Nyirongo told the court that the suspect Barnet Matabwa together with his friends Samson Sitima, on the night of 3rdFebruary, 2015 broke into the shop of Mr. Charles Belekiya at Utale ll […]
What? It is around 12 midnight. Work has been exhausting and so you’re tired. And, you decide: “I want to have a peaceful sleep tonight.” So you sleep like a baby…feeling all good and secure. But hey, don’t sleep that babyishly; it’s a mistake, a very grave mistake. Why a mistake? Perhaps you’ve not been following […]
Unknown criminals on Friday shot and killed one of police detective officers who foiled a robbery in Limbe, Blantyre. Southern Region police publicist, Nicholas Gondwa said the officer, assistant superintendent Victor Midiani was shot dead near Bakhresa Grain Milling after a car chase with unknown criminals who had wanted to rob Right Price Wholesale. Midiani was head […]
A businessman of Lebanese origin, Jalal Jawad, plying plastic manufacturing trade in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre Monday night had his car – a VVTI Corolla registration number MJ 6648 – robbed by unidentified armed robbers and has since called on Malawians to help him trace it. Jawad, of ATC Industry Limited in Limbe, told Nyasa Times that his misfortune […]
Malawi Police in Chitipa are keeping in custody their two colleagues, identified as sergeant Kaludzu and constable Zinjani, for assaulting a businessman and robbing him of K450 000 cash Sunday night. According to Meston Chiona, 30, who narrated his ordeal from his bed at Chitipa District Hospital, the named police officers were aided by a watchman, Jastone […]
Leader of opposition Lazarous Chakwera has expressed concern with the rising insecurity and is calling on new Inspector General of Police Lexten Kachama to intensify efforts to arrest the situation. “It is sad that as I speak the security situation in the country has deteriorated to levels we have never seen before. Malawians no longer have […]
Malawi Police in Mangochi have arrested Robert Kadzuwa – one of the suspects who was earlier arrested in connection with the attempted murger of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo – in connection with a spate of armed robberies in the lakeshore sdistrict. Kadzuwa,33 comes from Lowa Village, Traditional Authority Mabuka in Mulanje. Inspector Kondwani Ntchawaka […]
Malawi Police in the Capital City of Lilongwe are hunting for a criminal who left at Lilongwe Police station a Yugoslav made pistol at Lilongwe Police Station in an envelope and a confession letter addressed to Bishop Abraham Simama of Glorious Light International Church and owner of Simama Hotel in the city. The criminal who […]
The Mzuzu Magistrate Court Wednesday sentenced 26 year-old Clement Njara to 18 years imprisonment with hard labour for breaking into a police officer’s house. According to court documents, Njara and a colleague broke into the house of a police officer who works with Delta Division PMS during the night of 21stNovember, 2014 at the cop’s residence in […]
First Merchant Bank (FMB) has offered to support family of late Sergeant Patrick Mvula, a Malawi Police Officer who was killed during a robbery at the bank last year on December 23 last year. Commissioner of Police for Southern Region George Kainja confirmed that the bank has already given K800,000 to the family. The Bank […]
Five witnesses have testified against Malawi police officer, Constable Kondwani Guta who has been charged of robbery with violence following his involvement in an armed robbery incident that happened in Kanjedza residential area, Blantyre last year. Guta, 25, who was stationed at Chilobwe Police Unit in Blantyre, was arrested on 13th December, 2014 together with […]
Lilongwe Police has arrested three men suspected to have been part of the gang that invaded and robbed Minister of Energy and Mining Resources, Atupele Muluzi’s Area 9 residence in the Capital City. The three were caught and arrested in what is termed a raid, which had followed a series of intensive investigations according to […]
Mlawi Police Service in Blantyre have arrested Ndirande based businessman Ali Paseli alongside two Group Four-G4 Security guards on suspicion that they connived and stole 481 boxes of house tiles from Cross Roads Hotel in Blantyre currently under construction. Blantyre police Assistant Public Relations officer Andrew Mayawo said on Monday that Paseli connived with two […]
In a rare swift move, Malawi Police have on Thursday morning in the Central Business District (CDB) of Limbe struck a quick one on suspected robber Amos Nahuwa, aged 38. Limbe police Public Relations Officer Chifundo Kasunje confirmed of the shooting, saying the suspect wanted to rob a 30-year old Chinese national, Linyinma, who was about to go […]
Police in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre have arrested three support staff of the Blantyre High Court for allegedly dismantling and stealing various accessories from computers that were mounted and being used by judges in court rooms. The items, including CPUs, hardware mother boards, memory chips, heat sinks and hard drives, are suspected to have been […]
The Blantyre Magistrate Court has sentenced a convicted robber Steven Nkhoma to lengthy prison term after being found guilty of robbery with violence which is contrary to section 301 of the penal code. The court heard that Nkhoma, who was a Kanyenya seller at Bwandiro, attacked a Malawi Communications and Regulatory Authority (MACRA) official at the MACRA […]
The Phalombe First Grade Magistrate Court has convicted and sentenced five men to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery with violence. Accoring to Sgt. Augustus Nkhwazi, Police Public Relations Officer for Phalombe, the five were among the group of thugs that attacked the family of Mr Luka Mangani 31 years of Mankhanamba village […]