Month: May 2020 Posts

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… ...