Month: July 2020 Posts

23 computers stolen at Malawi audit offices

Jul 31, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Thieves have stolen 23 computers at Central Internal Audit Unit offices, days after President Lazarus Chakwera claimed that over K1 trillion was stolen from government coffers. Director of the office, Dickson Chasambira, said the thieves… ...

Four jailed for stealing Millennium Challenge Account funds

Jul 07, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Four people have been handed jail terms for defrauding Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) of funds which were meant for compensation of Project Affected Persons (PAPs) at Sonda in Mzuzu. According to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Principal… ...

Laptops, cash stolen at M’mbelwa Council

Jun 13, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Six robbers on Wednesday night invaded M'mbelwa District Council offices in Mzimba where they went away with K2 million cash and two laptops. According to Mzimba Police spokesperson Peter Botha, the criminals broke into District… ...

Limbe Police foil robbery syndicate, 5 arrested

May 29, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Limbe Police Station detectives have arrested two house maids who connived with three suspected robbers to steal money from a house at Mpingwe Township. Limbe Police Station Deputy publicist Widson Nhlane said the five include… ...

Two netted for stealing items worth K2.5 million

May 14, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Police in Lilongwe are keeping in custody two men for stealing assorted items worth K2.5 million from a warehouse. Public Relations Officer for Lilongwe police station, Sergeant Foster Benjamin identified the suspects as Harison Chikuse,… ...

Football referee given red card: Sentenced to four years for theft

Apr 21, 2020 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

A football referee has been given a four-year jail term for breaking into a lodge in Karonga and stealing money. According to State Prosecutor Sub-Inspector Brenda Livason, the convict, Masauko Mwambiyale, broke into a dwelling… ...

Shopkeeper jailed 7 and a half years for theft

Apr 02, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The First Grade Magistrate Court in Phalombe on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old man to seven-and-a-half years in prison for stealing from a shop where he was working as a shopkeeper. The court heard that in… ...

Man arrested for robbery with toy gun

Apr 01, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

  Police in Mangochi have arrested a man aged 31 for stealing a motorcycle and items worth K650,000 while armed with a toy gun and a panga knife. The man Owen Chimadzi robbed a businessman… ...

Police arrest thief who defecates at premises before stealing

Mar 07, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A thief who defecates at premises before stealing was arrested on Friday night while trying to steal a bicycle from Nkhotakota Police Station. The man has been identified as Kajombo Simunye, 34, who was already… ...

Man falls from ESCOM pole while syphoning oil

Mar 01, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

A 48-year-old man died on Thursday after he fell from an ESCOM transformer while trying to steal oil. The Public Relations Officer for Thyolo police station, Amos Tione, said on the fateful day, the man… ...

Mzuzu trickster rescued from angry mob

Feb 27, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police in Mzuzu have rescued a 29-year-old man from an angry mob which wanted to burn him alive for stealing K50,000 cash. Confirming the development was Mzuzu police publicist Edith Kachotsa who identified the rescued… ...

Man jailed over burglary, theft

Feb 26, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The Mponela First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced a 23-year-old man to 24 months in prison for house breaking and theft. The convict has been identified as Fadiwiki Phiri. The court through state prosecutor, Sub-Inspector,… ...

Woman steals two-week-old baby

Feb 10, 2020 Cosmas Kagulo 0 &

A woman has stolen a newborn baby in Chiradzulu after lying to the child’s mother that she is a sister to the baby’s father. The baby was stolen on Sunday at Mitawa Village, Traditional Authority… ...

Apolisi amanga okuba nthambo za magetsi

Feb 09, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A polisi ku Mulanje amanga bambo George Naphazi a zaka 48 powaganizira kuti akhala akuba nthambo zamagetsi ndi katundu osiyanasiyana. Bamboyu wamangidwa anthu akufuna kwabwino atakamuneneza kuti wakhala akuba nthambo za magetsi komanso katundu osiyanasiyana.… ...

Police arrest 29 people for breaking into Burundians’ shops

Feb 08, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Police in Lilongwe have arrested 29 people for looting Burundian owned shops and inciting violence against foreign nationals. The suspects who are between the ages of 16 and 40 were arrested in Mchesi and Biwi… ...