Malawi Police Service (MPS) has arrested seven suspected armed robbers in connection to a spate of robberies and murder targeting Chinese businesspersons in the city of Lilongwe.
The Service has also recovered two firearms - an AK47 Assault Rifle with five live ammunition and a pistol, and two motor vehicles used in the commission of the crimes.
Malawi Police Service (MPS) strongly warns and cautions members of the public against creating and circulating false information on social media pertaining to ongoing investigations of murder cases in the country.
Malawi Police Service (MPS) has arrested three women suspected to be behind the creation and circulation of false and malicious information that has gone viral on social media relating to ongoing investigations of murder cases in Lilongwe.
Malawi Police Service (MPS) strongly warns and cautions members of the public against creating and circulating false information on social media pertaining to ongoing investigations of murder cases in the country. Malawi Police Service (MPS) strongly warns and cautions members of the public against creating and circulating false information on social media pertaining to ongoing investigations of murder cases in the country.
Malawi Police Service (MPS) wishes to inform the public that it has arrested Lester Maganga, a key suspect in the murder of Allan Witika, a Coca-Cola Beverages Sales and Marketing Manager which happened in Area 15 in Lilongwe on September 20, 2023.
Malawi Police Service (MPS) detectives have on Friday, September 15, 2023,arrested Mr. Bon Kalindo for his failure to honour bail conditions in a case of Publication of false news likely to cause fear and alarm to the public (Court Case Number 1447/21) which he stands accused.
Malawi Police Service (MPS), in conjunction with independent observers appointed by a court of law to oversee the ongoing exercise of force-opening and search of containers confiscated during the relocation of refugees back to Dzaleka Camp would like to update the nation on the following developments in relation to the exercise.
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.