Month: December 2021 Posts

Five people jailed four years each for stealing items worth K17.6 million

Dec 31, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court on Thursday sentenced five people from Dzaleka Refugee Camp to four years in prison each for breaking into a school and stealing 93 Lenovo tablets and two laptops valued… ...

Rwandan national arrested in Malawi over charcoal

Dec 31, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Dowa have arrested a 61-year-old Rwandan national for being found with 18 bags of charcoal. Dowa Police Public Relations Officer Sub Inspector Gladson M'bumpha has identified the suspect as Masuzo Venus who got… ...

Man arrested for possessing four national IDs at Admarc depot

Dec 29, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A 28-year-old man is in police custody at Dowa Police Station for being found in possession of four national identity cards which he wanted to use to buy affordable farm inputs. Dowa Police Public Relations… ...

Seven sustain injuries in fight over land in Dowa

Dec 28, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Seven people sustained injuries following a fight over a piece of land on Monday evening in Dowa. Police Public Relations Officer for Dowa Police Station Sub Inspector Gladson M'bumpha Dowa said the incident happened in… ...

Malawi Police arrest 23 people for not wearing masks

Dec 21, 2021 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

Police in Dowa on Monday arrested 23 people for not wearing face masks. The 23 people together with four others were arrested during a sweeping exercise around Dowa and Dzaleka Refugee Camp Trading Centres. The… ...

Man gets 5 years in prison for setting ablaze in-law’s house

Dec 21, 2021 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

A 22-year-old man in Dowa has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment with hard labour for setting ablaze his in-law's house. The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court on Monday through state prosecutor Inspector Christopher Daluni… ...

Dowa Police embarks on AIP monitoring exercise

Dec 18, 2021 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

Dowa Police Station led by the Officer In-Charge, Deputy Commissioner of Police Violet Magwaya on Friday conducted Affordable Input Program (AIP) monitoring exercise in a number of selling points within its policing jurisdiction. According to… ...