Month: March 2023 Posts

Three arrested for stealing maize meant for cyclone survivors

Mar 20, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police in Mulanje are keeping in custody a driver and his two assistants on suspicion that they stole a 50-kilogramme bag of maize meant for Cyclone Freddy survivors. Confirming the development was Mulanje Police public… ...

Camp volunteer arrested for theft of relief aid

Mar 18, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Blantyre have arrested 26-year-old Edward Walasi for stealing assorted items meant to benefit victims of cyclone Freddy at Manja Primary School Camp. According to Sergeant Aubrey Singanyama, deputy spokesperson for Blantyre Police, it… ...

Two thieves die in tunnel in Zomba

Mar 15, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Two people have been found dead at Changalume Barracks in Zomba after a tunnel collapsed as they were stealing metal bars at abandoned Changalume Cement Company premises. Zomba Police Publicist Sergeant Aaron Chilala identified the… ...

Police investigating Chilobwe false alarm of fresh floods

Mar 15, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) says it has launched investigations on reports that some people deliberately sent a false alarm of fresh floods to victims at Naotcha Primary School evacuation camp in Chilobwe and surrounding… ...

Police officers survive boat accident in Nsanje

Mar 14, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Floods at Makhanga in Nsanje Five police officers who were on a rescue mission have survived after the boat they were sailing in on Shire River capsized in Nsanje on Tuesday afternoon. The officers were… ...

Cyclone Freddy: 66 people die in Malawi

Mar 13, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Cyclone Freddy which landed in Malawi yesterday has caused 66 deaths in the Southern Region of Malawi. According to Malawi Red Cross, over 16 people are missing and more than 2115 have been affected by… ...

13-year-old boy arrested for allegedly killing grandmother

Mar 13, 2023 Gracious Zinazi 0 &

Police in Kasungu are keeping in custody a 13-year-old Yelemia Salowana for killing his 78-year-old grandmother over K15,000 which the woman got from a social cash transfer program. The elderly woman was a beneficiary of… ...

Malawi IG Yolamu given seven days to provide update on sodomy allegations at Bakelines Limited

Mar 13, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Yolamu The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has given Malawi Police Service Inspector General Merlyne Yolamu seven days to update the nation on the status of warrant of arrest for a Bakelines… ...

Police officers urged to be disciplined

Mar 13, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Minister of Homeland Security Kenneth Zikhale Ng'oma has urged the country's police officers to be disciplined and to discharge their duties professionally. Ng'oma was speaking on Friday 10th March 2023, in Lilongwe during the first… ...

Police officers survive fuel tanker accident

Mar 12, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police officers at Kamuzu Bridge roadblock in Chikwawa have survived an accident in which a fuel tanker plowed into a roadblock shelter. This is according to Sergeant Dickson Matemba who is Chikwawa police Public Relations… ...

Two arrested over Chamba, medical drugs in Zomba

Mar 12, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Zomba have arrested a 27-year-od woman and a 56-year-old man for being found with Chamba and medical drugs respectively. Zomba Police Station Deputy Publicist Sergeant Aaron Chilala identified the two as Patuma Mmadi… ...

Two arrested for possessing lndian hemp in Lilongwe

Mar 11, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Police at Lingadzi in Lilongwe have arrested two people for allegedly being found in possession of a total of 92 kilograms of Indian Hemp. Assistant Public Relation Officer for Lingadzi Police Station Constable Maria Kumwenda… ...

We are not keeping Towera Tanganyika — Police

Mar 10, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Blantyre Police Station has denied social media reports that Soche Sub-Station is keeping a young woman named Towera Tanganyika from Karonga District after she was abandoned by her social media boyfriend. Peter Mchiza, Public Relations… ...

Motorcycle Kabaza operator jailed 8 years for rape

Mar 10, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

The Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday sentenced a 20-year-old Motorcycle Kabaza Operator, Ernest Banda, to 8 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping a 16-year-old girl. Deputy Public Relations Officer for Lingadzi Police Station… ...

Couple arrested for child theft

Mar 09, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Malawi Police in Chikwawa have arrested a man aged 33 and his girlfriend aged 20 for allegedly stealing a seven-day-old baby. According to Chikwawa Police Public Relations Officer, Dickson Matemba, the suspects have been identified… ...