Police arrest three for stealing car batteries

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Police in the commercial city of Blantyre have arrested three men for stealing car batteries from Afro-Egypt Engineering Company’s warehouse.

Blantyre police publicist Elizabeth Divala identified the three as Steven Khanyepa, 26, Foster Namalopa, 24, and John Cosmas, 28.  

She said the suspects, who were arrested in Ndirande on Thursday, stole 48 car batteries worth K14.5 million from the engineering company.

Arrested.The police spokesperson added that the three broke into the warehouse of the company and went away with the batteries.

According to Divala, an employee at the company Frank Mtawali reported the matter to Ndirande Police.

“Following the report of the incident we launched a sweeping exercise and in the process we have managed to arrest three suspects in connection to the robbery at Afro Egypt Company,” said Divala.

The three suspects are expected to appear before court soon to answer charges of breaking into a building and committing a felony therein which is contrary to section 311 subsection 1 of the penal code.

Khanyepa hails from Sondole village in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Mulumbe in Zomba, Namalopa comes from Mchenga village in the area of T/A Changata in Thyolo while Cosmas hails from Masamba village T/A Mpama in Chiradzulu.  

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