Crime Archives

Malawi police arrest 13 over charcoal

Aug 30, 2016 Orton Nyirenda 179 &

Police in Machinga district have arrested 13 people for being found with 145 bags of charcoal. Machinga police public relations officer Dave Sulumba has confirmed the arrest and identified some of the suspects as 42… ...

Motorcycle thief arrested

Aug 29, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 15 &

Police in Ntchisi district have arrested a 31 year-old man for hijacking a motorbike and wounding the owner. Ntchisi police Public Relations Officer Gladson M'bumpha said the man, Martin Chinseu, attempted to steal a motorcycle… ...

80 year-old rapist gets 30 months in jail

Aug 28, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 136 &

An 80 year-old man in Dedza has been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment with hard labour for raping a girl under the age of sixteen. The convict, Layson Jekapu Makaka, raped the child earlier this… ...

Malawian man nabbed for raping, impregnating teenager

Aug 28, 2016 Bright Malenga 40 &

Police in Mangochi district are keeping in custody 21 year-old Joseph Elia for raping a 14 year-old girl and impregnating her. According to Mangochi Police Deputy Public Relations Officer Amina Tepani Daudi, the suspect had… ...

Human trafficking in Malawi: Three arrested

Aug 27, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 5 &

Police in Machinga district have arrested two Mozambicans and a Malawian for abducting 18 people, Malawi24 can report. Police in the district identified the Mozambican suspects as Mailosi Winnes aged 42, Haji Gilemu, 41, and… ...

Mob justice cases on the rise in Malawi: Cattle thief burnt to death

Aug 26, 2016 Bright Malenga 75 &

An angry mob in Ntcheu district has burnt to death a 21 year-old man using motor vehicle tyres for stealing six cows in the district, Malawi24 can confirm. Police said the deceased, Harrison Siziyabwa, together… ...

Man kills wife with an axe after separation

Aug 24, 2016 Luke Bisani 66 &

Police in Kasungu district have arrested a 36 year-old man suspected to have killed his wife and injured her grandmother after the two separated. The suspect, Kasten Mwale has been arrested for hacking his wife… ...