Following a robbery case at Kasungu Standard Bank on the night of 27 October, 2022 where a security guard was murdered and cash amounting to K31, 476, 000.00 was stolen, the Malawi Police Service set up a special team of police detectives to investigate the robbery that revealed that it involved a gang of four suspected hardcore criminals.
Police in Limbe have arrested three men on suspicion that they were robbing Kabaza taxi
operators.
Police in Kasungu have arrested an 18 year-old woman identified as Bertha Chipeta for concealing birth of her newly born child. The incident occurred on October 25, 2022 at Chambala Village in the district.
According to the suspect's landlord, his
tenant had been spotted with a bumpy tummy and on the said date he went to the toilet within the compound to relieve himself where he heard a cry of the baby in the pit-latrine.
The landlord alerted some members of the community who managed to rescue the newly born baby girl.
Two men in Chintheche, Nkhata Bay District, have killed each other as they fought for a woman in Zomelanga Villlage in the district.
The deceased persons have been identified as Christopher Makawa aged 32 of Mangombo Village in Traditional Authority Mkanda in Mulanje District and Justin Tambala aged 49 of Zomelanga Village in Traditional Authority Fukamapiri in NKhata Bay District.
According to reports, Justin Tambala married one Marriam Mwanyali for some years.
Three years back, Makawa proposed the woman to be his better half but the woman rejected him.
Lilongwe Police Station has arrested 35-year-old Edward Chiweta, for stealing a motor vehicle at Lilongwe Golf Club during a music show and later crushing it after a police follow-up on Sunday, October 23, 2022.
On Sunday night, Lilongwe Golf Club hosted a music show organized by a local artist who was supported by a Tanzanian singer.
Police in Mangochi District over the weekend arrested a 15-year-old boy from Sabibu Village, Traditional Authority Kapoloma in Machinga and his two accomplices identified as Thomson Veresiano, 37 and Evance Bama, 26, over illegal possession of firearm, house breaking and theft.
On Friday October 21, 2022 unknown criminals broke into Eunice Nondowe's house at Mgundaphiri Village and went away with assorted household properties worthy K700,000.
Police in Chikwawa have launched a manhunt for unknown criminals who are allegedly to be poachers for murdering a game ranger.
The deceased was identified as Bendius Amadi 31 of Chiwale Village Traditional Authority Kasisi in Chikwawa District.
Amadi, who was working with Majete Game Reserve as a game ranger, was murdered on 20 October 2022 by a suspected gang of poachers.
At the time, Amadi was patrolling within Chedwiti area in the game reserve when he met his fate.
A special police detectives team that was formulated to investigate a spate of robbery cases targeting Filling Stations across the country and other targeted places have arrested five suspected criminals.
The suspected criminals are connected to robbery cases that happened at Total Filling Station in Balaka, Meru Filling Station at Ngabu, Bunda Filling Station, FDH Bank at Dedza Boma and Sisters at Ulongwe Mission.
Police have also recovered assorted stolen items.
The Malawi Police Service (MPS) wishes to inform the general public that it has found four more bodies of suspected Ethiopian human trafficking victims in Mzimba.
Malawi Police Service (MPS) wishes to inform the general public that it is investigating a case in which a mass-grave containing 25 bodies of suspected victims of human trafficking was discovered in Mzimba District.