The Lilongwe First Grade Magistrate's Court has found witchdoctor Wingstone Mvula with a case to answer after he coaxed a widow into giving him cash amounting to K13, 822, 000.00, claiming he would resurrect her late husband.

The accused has since been granted bail, pending his defense on 21 January 2022.

But, prior to the bail on Friday-- 14 January 2022--Magistrate Robert Botha said the evidence given by State Prosecutor Sub Inspector Vincent Ntalawe, proved elements that Mvula had obtained money, by false pretenses, from the victim (name withheld). 

The Chiradzulu Magistrate's Court has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Ganizani Gulula Mwikho, to 6 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for indecent assault contrary to section 137(1) of the Penal code.

During court proceedings, Namadzi Police Post Prosector Sergeant Anderson Dondwe told the court that Mwikho committed the offence on December 29, 2021 at Balakasi village in the area of Traditional Authority Ntchema in the district.

Police in Lilongwe have arrested 20 people for allegedly posing as passengers to hook bonafide passengers into one of the buses at Lilongwe Bus Depot. 

The fake passengers, popularly known as ojiya or athaiming'i were arrested on Friday, January 14 2022 during a special police operation. 

The suspects, who include four women, are aged between 19 and 45.

Their arrest follows numerous complaints from prospective passengers that they would wait for hours on end on the buses despite the buses passing off as full.

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) is aware of a number of media statements and public 
mobilisation messages calling for Anti-Government demonstrations in the City of Blantyre on 14th 
January 2022.

The Senior Resident Magistrate's (SRM) court in Mchinji has on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 slapped a hit and run driver, Chikumbutso Kathira, 32, to two years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL), without an option of a fine. 

Kathira did not stop after causing a fatal road accident on December 28, 2021 which claimed lives of three people on the spot. However, Traffic Police in Mchinji launched a spirited manhunt and unmasked (exposed) his identity barely a few days later, and arrested him.

The Chinese business community has donated 240 bottles of Instant Hand Sanitizers and 2000 face masks to Lumbadzi Police Station.

A team of about four Chinese business persons visited the Station on Tuesday, January 4, 2021.

Presenting the donation, Chairperson for the Chinese Community, Zhou Shanjian said that they donated those items (hand sanitizers and face masks) as one way of appreciating the commendable job by Police in protecting lives and properties of people in the country.

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) informs Malawians that a total of 46 road accidents with 20 fatalities were recorded during the 2022 New Year holiday falling between midnight of December 31, 2021 and midnight of 3rd January, 2022 (72 hours).

Police in Lilongwe have recovered household items worth over eight million kwacha, and arrested one suspect, Dini Shano, 26, on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 in area 23.

The recovered items include; four plasma screens, three of 55 each and one of 48 inches, three laptops, decorders, speakers, brand new kitchen utensils and other valuable items. 

The recovery of the items and Shano's arrest follow investigations the station's detectives instituted to establish other accomplices who include Phinious Banda, 23, and Wiseman Patrick, 24.

The Malawi Police Service informs Malawians that a total of 43 road accidents and 10 fatalities were recorded during this year's Christmas holiday running from mid night of December 24 to mid night of December 27, 2021. 

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has released names of selected candidates for the Post of Recruit Constable (Grade N) basing on the results of the recruitment exercise that was conducted recently.