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 station received information at around 01:00 hours that six criminals, armed with panga knives, had broken into the house of an employee of the Department of Disaster and Management Affairs (DoDMA), where they demanded the family to surrender what they wanted.
Forcefully, the criminals took four laptops, cellphones, ATM cards with passwords, meat from the fridge, car keys, stole the said motor vehicle, and drove away.
After the report, the station's two rapid response vehicles, the Zone 1 and 5, hit the ground immediately after being furnished with the vehicle description.
At around 03:00 hours while still moving up and down, hunting the criminals, the Zone 1 vehicle team, came face to face with the criminals who were coming from the opposite direction behind Lilongwe Hotel road.
After a cat and mouse chase, the criminals fell into a water drainage system with the stolen vehicle.
This made the police officers to arrest one suspect while the other one had already escaped the scene.
The arrested suspect then led the law enforcers to Mtsiriza location where the other suspects were dropped and had already started enjoying braii of the stolen meat.
The other four prime suspects fled after recognizing sound of the police cruiser.
However, police arrested two individuals at the house who were found with some of the stolen items.
Meanwhile, a manhunt for the remaining suspects is currently underway.
Gilbert Phiri hails from Yosefe Village, Traditional Authority Masasa, Ntcheu, Chrispin Kanjira is from Mkanda Village, Traditional Authority Lokongwe, Chiradzulu, and Innocent Moses comes from Mtupila Village, Traditional Authority Kayembe in Dowa District.