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Lilongwe Police Station on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 successfully intercepted a stolen motor vehicle registration number CA 5116 VW Polo, following a burglary and robbery at Mbwindi 2 location, along Likuni-NRC Road.

Police officers have also arrested three suspects in connection to the crime.

They have been identified as Gilbert Phiri, 24, (key suspect), Chrispin Kanjira,25, and Innocent Moses, 38, (receivers)

The Senior Resident Magistrate court in Lilongwe has on Monday convicted three men for vandalizing four Spans, High Voltage oak line of 1200 metres long, of 100 millimeters each, worth K22.2 million belonging to Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM).

The convicts have been identified as Michael Kambalame, 26, Umali Rashid, 35, both Area 36 residents and Chikafa Dzuwa, 41, a Chinsapo location resident.

Police detectives from Cyber Crime Unit at National Police Headquarters have arrested 26 year-old Innocent Kananji on suspicion that he created a fake Facebook account bearing the name and photo of the Police Inspector General Meryln Yolamu. 

He was allegedly using the account to dupe unsuspecting youths of money amounting to K150,000 on the pretext that he would recruit them into the Malawi Police Service.

In a bid to eliminate dependence over circumstantial evidence, the Malawi Police Service through the Scenes of Crime Unit has initiated regional trainings to orient more scenes of crime officers starting from February 23, 2022.

Speaking during the opening ceremony in Zomba at Police College Officers Mess, the Deputy Commandant of Police College Senior Superintendent Senk Kalowekamo emphasized that professional management of scenes is crucial in gathering evidence for prosecution. 

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) calls people to be on their guard against fraudsters who are producing and circulating fake currencies in the country.

The call follows the arrest of seven people in Mangochi and Lilongwe who were found with fake notes in Malawi Kwacha and United States Dollars plus equipment suspected to be used in the printing of the counterfeit currencies.

The Fiscal Police in Blantyre have arrested two estate agents identified as Boyd Tchongwe,40, and McDonald Phiri,59, for fraud following a complaint from Saqib Ahmad whom they sold plots that do not exist in the city. 

According to Police findings,between March 2022 and January 2023, Mr. Ahmad, a businessman at Limbe, wanted to buy plots from Blantyre City Council in Chigumula and Mpingwe locations. 

He then approached Phiri who introduced him to Boyd Tchongwe as an official from Blantyre City Council.