Two Men Arrested For Possessing Prohibited Weapon

Two men suspected to have been on armed robbery mission from Lilongwe to Kasungu district were interrupted by police and are expected to answer charges of possessing prohibited weapon.

Lilongwe Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Constable Margaret Selemani has named the two suspects as Decent Amos aged 27 from Kambalanje of T/A Chiseka in Lilongwe and Kazimkambani Bongololo aged 21 from Mvela village of T/A Kwataine in Ntcheu district and were arrested this week.

Constable Selemani said Police arrested the suspects in Lilongwe at Area 13 near Kamuzu Institute for Sports and were also found with four live ammunition.

The Lilongwe Police deputy PRO said police managed to arrests the suspects when investigators followed tip-off from members of general public that some criminals were on their way to Kasungu for robbery operation.

"Having received the tipp-off we elected a temporary roadblock at Area 13. There, we detained a vehicle registration number; BM 9279 Toyota Carina silver in color." Said Selemani

"After thorough inspection we found a pump gun and four live ammunition hidden in the boot" said the police officer who also indicate that the size of the gun appear to have been reduced probably to fit in a pocket of a jacket.

Police says the two are in police custody pending further investigations but have been charged with Found in possession of prohibited weapon.

For the past two month police in Lilongwe have recovered more than seven firearms especially pistol guns. Last week, Lilongwe police arrested two men who are suspected to be those that are hiring their licensed firearms to criminals. They were found with  Short gun 12 Bore Greener with 2 rounds of live ammunition and Short Gun CAL 12 with 18 rounds of ammunition.

Constable Margaret Selemani has since hailed members of the general public for reporting suspects and criminal activities to police "We encourage everyone to report crimes and suspects to police whenever you suspect any criminal act so that together we end these crimes in the city"