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Police in Kawale, Lilongwe are keeping in custody Rose Mbiri, 44 and Zakeyo Sambo, 39 for duping 300 youths alleging that, they will offer them jobs.

The two posed as Secretary and Human Resources Manager (HRM) respectively for a bogus company called "First Plan Investment Promotion Agency".

It is on record that the said company placed an advert in a certain newspaper on May 1, 2022 about a vacancy on data collectors and the same was advertised in different media platforms.

On Friday May 20, 2022, female police officers from all 41 policing stations across the country marched off the ground on a high note after an intensive three-day operation Basadi.

"Basadi" which literally means 'women' in Sotho and Tswana languages is an operation by female police officers across countries in the SADC region and it focuses on combating priority crimes particularly against women and children, such as defilement, rape, assault, human trafficking, domestic violence and child labour among others.

Lingadzi Police detectives have arrested a gang of five criminals connected to a spate of robberies in Area 47, Area 14 Junction and a robbery that happened at Tafika Lodge along BNS drive in the month of April 2022.

Police received complaints from some Lilongwe residents that there are unknown criminals who have been attacking people in their homes and passers by within the City robbing them of various valuable items.

Following recent reports of robbery, theft and breakings in some townships within Blantyre, police officers on April 29, 2022 conducted an intelligence driven operation operation and 70 suspects were arrested in the process at Bvumbwe and Manje townships.

This is an on going operation intending to sanitize areas within Limbe Police Station's jurisdiction, making it free from criminal activities.

Limbe Police is urging citizens of good will to continue giving them information concerning those behind the criminal acts.

The First Grade Magistrate's Court sitting at Dwangwa in Nkhotakota District on Friday, April 22, 2022 sentenced Yesaya Quoto, 24, to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour after he was found guilty of possessing K575,000 counterfeit currency of K5,000 notes at Dwangwa trading centre.

The court heard through police state prosecutor, Sub Inspector Thoko Juziwel that Quoto was found with the said counterfeit currency on March 28, 2022 when he was making mobile money transaction through TNM Mpamba to a certain female mobile money agent at the trading centre.

Police in Chiradzulu have arrested three people in connection to spate of breaking and theft offences that occurred in the district and recovered assorted electronic  items in the process.

This follows extensive investigations and intelligence gathering by the district's Criminal Investigations Department.

On Friday, April 6 2022, police arrested the trio and recovered the  following items whose value is yet to be advised: 32 inch Logic plasma screen, MECER monitor, Dell computer box and keyboard, power cables, three laptops: Dell, HP and Toshiba.

The Commissioner of Police responsible for Human Resource Management and Development (HRMD) Mr Dennis Chipao, has urged the newly inducted Police detectives to put into practice the knowledge and skills that they have acquired throughout the eight-week investigative  training course. 

Commissioner Chipao was speaking as the guest of honour at Central Region Training Centre (CRTC) in Lilongwe on Friday, April 8, 2022 at the official closing ceremony of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) intake course attended by 29 officers, comprising 19 males and 10 females. 

Police in Blantyre have arrested a Lunzu resident identified as John Nyalama, 43 for being found in possesion of Malawi Electricty Supply Commission (ESCOM) equipment suspected to have been stolen. 

He was arrested on Friday April 8, 2022 in a joint operation conducted by Police and ESCOM. During the operation, equipment such as bolts, nuts and insulator hooks weighing 5 tones valued at around K30 million were recovered at the suspect's warehouse in Lunzu. The operation was intelligence driven after an outcry of vandalism of ESCOM equipment. 

The Senior Resident Magistrate (SRM) Court in Lilongwe on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 has commenced hearing of a  case involving four Kalinyeke Toll gate employees who are accused of fraud.

The four suspects are charged on two counts of fraud and false accounting, and theft by public servants. About MK9 million is alleged to have been swindled by the suspects between the months of February and March, 2022.

The Senior Resident Magistrate (SRM) Court in Lilongwe on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 has commenced hearing of a  case involving four Kalinyeke Toll gate employees who are accused of fraud.

The four suspects are charged on two counts of fraud and false accounting, and theft by public servants. About MK9 million is alleged to have been swindled by the suspects between the months of February and March, 2022.