Police impound 57 bags of chamba from Zimbabweans

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Malawi Police in Kasungu have impounded 57 bags of chamba weighing 50 Kg each during an operation last night.

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Police in action (File Photo)

According to reports, the law enforcers were tipped by informants that a Zimbabwean truck with a registration number of AC8912A was moving the illegal drug.

It is reported that two Zimbabweans and two Malawians were involved in the purchase and wanted to hide the Indian hemp on the truck before returning to Zimbabwe.

The two Zimbabweans are truck driver Colbert Chisandure, 35, and Nabeti Chiwira, 37, and the two Malawians are Rodrick Naphitale of Chimbwi village, Traditional Authority Khongoni in Lilongwe and Osman Hassan, 39, from Traditional Authority Mponda in Mangochi.

The suspects are being remanded at Lilongwe Police Station.

Meanwhile, Police have also arrested 56 Ethiopians for entering the country without any travelling documents.