Month: August 2017 Posts

Lilongwe based thieves who terrorised Mzuzu netted

Aug 18, 2017 Mike Lyson Zgambo 31 &

Police in Mzuzu have arrested criminals from Lilongwe who terrorised Mzuzu for months and stole items worth millions of Kwacha. According to Mzuzu Police public relations officer Martin Bwanali, the two thugs were arrested on… ...

Man hangs himself in Machinga

Aug 18, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 108 &

A 28-year-old hanged himself in Machinga on Tuesday after his wife said she will divorce him. Machinga police publicist, Davie Sulumba identified the deceased as Witness Chindimba who was living at Maulana village in Traditional… ...

I was selling Chamba because they legalised it – woman tells court

Aug 18, 2017 Bright Malenga 80 &

A 32-year-old woman told a court in Nkhatabay on Tuesday that she was selling marijuana because her friends told her that Malawi government legalised the illicit drug. The woman Rute Makuluni was on 1st August,… ...

Two 19 year olds convicted of abducting, raping girls

Aug 18, 2017 Martha Chikoti 21 &

Two 19-year-old men appeared in court on Monday for abducting and raping two young girls aged 14. The two pleaded guilty to the charges of rape and abduction and are remanded at Maula Prison to… ...

Guards jailed for stealing beer

Aug 17, 2017 Bright Malenga 143 &

A court in Nkhatabay has sentenced two men who were working for Makuzi beach as watchmen to five years in prison for stealing beer from a bar. Police prosecutor Keston Chiona told the court that… ...

Ex-convicts back in jail

Aug 17, 2017 Luke Bisani 18 &

Police in Malawi's commercial city of Blantyre have arrested eight ex-convicts for stealing property worth millions of kwacha. According to the police, the eight suspects are reported to have stolen property from residents of Ngunde… ...

Cellphone thief rescued from angry mob

Aug 17, 2017 Bright Malenga 117 &

A man suspected of stealing a phone was rescued from an angry mob in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe on Tuesday. The mob wanted to set the man on fire in Area 23 in the city but… ...