Month: December 2022 Posts

Woman jailed five years for stealing child in 2019

Dec 26, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Mzimba Second Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced Ester Gumbo, 35, to five years’ Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for stealing an eight-month-old girl at Emfeni Market in the district in 2019. The Court heard that… ...

Student commits suicide in Blantyre

Dec 22, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A 23-year-old student at Mikolongwe Vocational College has died after hanging himself using a rope. Sergeant Aubrey Singanyama, Deputy Public Relations Officer for Blantyre Police Station, said the incident happened at Baluti Village within Manase… ...

Thieves posing as taxi operators robbing people in Lilongwe

Dec 21, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

It is a festive season for thieves in Malawi's capital Lilongwe as one man has been robbed of K200,000 by people who were masquerading as taxi operators. According to the victim, he was tricked to… ...

Police recover 11 stolen vehicles, arrest suspects

Dec 20, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Police have arrested a Nigerian national and two Malawians who allegedly stole several vehicles after drugging drivers of the vehicles. The law enforcers have recovered 11 vehicles that were allegedly stolen by the suspects in… ...

Nigerian national arrested in Malawi over drugs

Dec 19, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 40-year-old Nigerian national identified as Antony Ojuku is in police custody in Lilongwe for possession of drugs suspected to be cocaine. Lilongwe Police spokesperson Hastings Chigalu says detectives from Central West Region and Lilongwe… ...

Admarc cashier allegedly steals K9.8 million

Dec 17, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 43-year-old cashier based at Kawinga Admarc Depot in Mangochi is in Police custody on allegations that he stole a sum of K9.8 million after selling 32,900 kilograms of maize. The cashier identified as Maganizo… ...

Tnm employee, agent arrested for stealing over K3 million from customers’ bank accounts

Dec 17, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Police have arrested a Tnm employee and a Tnm Mpamba agent in Zomba for fraudulently swapping customers' SIM cards and using the SIM cards to empty bank accounts belonging to the customers. Two ex-convicts involved… ...