Malawi Police in Mangochi have arrested a 30-year-old cleaner after she allegedly stole K2.7 million from an American tourist staying at a hotel in Balaka district. Rabecca Selemani, who worked as a cleaner at Liwonde Sun, was taken into custody after being accused of robbing 47-year-old US national Monica Grant while cleaning her room. According […]
A 24-year-old man has been jailed for three years with hard labour after admitting to stealing water meters belonging to Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) — a crime prosecutors say directly forced desperate residents to drink from unprotected wells, exposing them to deadly waterborne diseases. Gift Gama, from Mazira Village under Traditional Authority Ganya in Ntcheu […]
Two men have been arrested after police intercepted a seven-tonne lorry allegedly smuggling more than 100 stolen railway bars and sleepers, hidden beneath a layer of scrap metal, in a dramatic early morning bust. James Maliongo, 26, and Andrew Mpezeni, 22, were caught in the act after officers received a tip-off that a vehicle carrying […]
A clinician in Salima has started serving a four and half year jail term for drug theft. A court in Salima sent the clinician to the gallows on Friday. Mathews Matandika, 46, was working as a clinician at Chagunda Health Centre, in Salima district where he stole the public drugs. The court heard that Matandika […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have arrested tw0 people in connection with a spate of robberies at Capital Hill, the seat of government, including the burglary in the office of vice president Saulos Chilima. The two suspects are accused of stealing property worth ovet K10 millions. According to Salomy Zgambo, Lingadzi Police Public Relations Officer, the […]
A cleaner for the Reserve Bank of Malawi is in police custody for allegedly stealing assorted property worth K1.5 million from Reserve Bank of Malawi offices in Blantyre. According to Kelvin Nyirenda, assistant public relations officer for Blantyre police, the items include one exchange rubber stamp and eight rams, one hard drive and a pair […]
Malawi Police Service in Lilongwe have arrested a 36-year-old woman on suspicion that she stole K276 000 cash while posing as a cashier at a wedding ceremony. According to Lilongwe Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Foster Benjamin, the suspect has been identified as Enifa Sesani who posed as Patricia Chikhwaza. He said the suspect […]
Six guards hired from a local private security company have been arrested in Mponela, Dowa, for allegedly stealing materials worth K32 million from a warehouse they were guarding. According to Mponela Police Station spokesperson Kaitano Lubrino, the materials belong to United Purpose and were meant for construction of boreholes in the district. He said: The […]
The Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court sitting at Nanyumbu, in Machinga on Friday has convicted and sentenced Mwayionere Legson, 57, to 3 years imprisonment with hard labour for the offence of house breaking and theft contrary to Section 311 of the Penal Code. When presenting facts in court, Ntaja police based prosecutor Inspector Cliff Kalawa told […]
Lilongwe Principal Resident Magistrate Viva Nyimba has granted bail to former minister of information Henry Mussa and former director of information Gideon Munthali. Giving his ruling on Monday, the Magistrate said the bail has been given on the condition that the two will give a sum of K500,000 cash bond, one reliable and traceable surety […]
Chitipa Magistrate’s Court has sentenced Yotamu Nyondo, 55, to three years imprisonment for stealing two motorcycles from his workplace at Tubepoka Development Initiative. The court heard on Wednesday that on April 22 this year, the initiative’s offices were broken into and two Yamaha motorcycles registration CP 4042 and CP 4043 valued at K7 million were […]
Former Minister of Information Henry Mussa and former director of Information Gideon Munthali will remain on remand at Maula prison after Magistrate Court in Lilongwe denied them bail on Monday afternoon. Nyasa Times reported on Sunday that Police in Lilongwe arrested Mussa and Munthali on allegations that they stole computers and gensets at the Ministry. […]
Malawi Police Service in Dowa are hunting for a man suspected to have stolen cash and items worth over K5.8 million at Dowa Turn-off Total Filling Station. Dowa Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Gladson M’bumpha, said the suspect was only identified as Esau Chigwe, allegedly stole the money between the month of March 2020 to […]
Malawi Police Service in Chileka, Blantyre have arrested three men for forgery, altering false documents and theft which resulted into a successful claim of about K2 million from an insurance company in Blantyre. Chileka Police Station Public Relations Officer, Sub Inspector Peter Mchiza disclosed the incident in an interview. The publicist said that Penjani Lungu, […]
Lilongwe First Grade Magistrate’s Court has convicted and sentenced a notorious pickpocket criminal at Lilongwe Bridge to three years imprisonment for stealing K100, 000 cash from a British national. The offender, Ganizani Kachingwe, 23, was found guilty on Monday after stealing from Rob Johannes Bernardos, a visiting researcher at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural […]
First Grade Magistrate’s Court in Chikwawa District has convicted and sentenced Anderson Batumeyo, 38, and Kaliyofasi Njinga, 47, to three years imprisonment with hard labour for theft by servant contrary to Section 286 of the Penal Code. The court, through state prosecutor Sergeant Stephene Genti heard that the convicts who were Malawi Red Cross Society […]
Malawi Police are keeping in custody a Mr Laisi who is suspected to have robbed about 1500 people through what can be described as “well calculated trickery”. Laisi operates what he calls CAVOk Haven International, an institution which purportedly trains people in Business Management and Community Development and then attaches the trainees to various workplaces. […]
A Pakistani national Mohsin Junan Farook, 29, will spend three-and-half-years in Malawi prison after being convicted for stealing groceries worth millions of kwacha in Limbe in Blantyre. He was sentenced by Limbe Magistrate Court where he pleaded not guilty. The State paraded three witnesses to prove its case. In a statement, Limbe Police Station prosecutor […]