Four Arrested by LL Police On New Year

Four Arrested by LL Police On New Year

Police in Lilongwe arrests four criminals armed with panga knives and other metals capable of aiding house breaking.

Sub Inspector Kingsley Dandaula Lilongwe Police Public Relation Officer confirmed that Lilongwe police arrests four men last night following tip off by some member’s f the general public.

He said said these suspects are connected to the two suspects arrested over the weekend whom one of them was shot dead by police in area 36.

Dandaula says the suspects have been terrorizing area 3 and area 9 and were staying in one house located in area 36 where the arrest took place.

He said when police arrested the four they recovered stolen goods including laptop and Plasma screen worth K750 thousand and that some property has already been identified by the victims.

Sub Inspector Dandaula named the suspects as Frank Alick aged 21 from Kambalame of T/A Ndindi in Salima, Brown Fast aged 35 from Chiphyanya village T/A Liwonde in Machinga, Feston Maondo aged 25 from Thonyiwa village of T/A Nsabwe and Elias Makala aged 30 from Mitabali of T/A Chimaliro in Thyolo district

He said the suspects are likely to answer charges of breaking offences and robbery with violence but currently are custody pending further investigations of other crimes they committed previously in areas 3 and 9.

He said robbers from area 36 are attacking neighboring areas of 3 and 9 through crossing Lilongwe River which is closer to all these areas.

Judicial Strike Haunts LL Police Operations

Judicial Strike Haunts LL Police Operations

As Judiciary continues with strike across the country, Lilongwe Police Station says the development is failing police to perform their duties properly.

Lilongwe Police spokesperson Sub Inspector Kingsley Dandaula says police cells have been overcrowded by people waiting to get justice through courts and backlog of cases to handle by prosecution officers is multiplying each passing day.

He said in order to observe 48 hour rule and minimize situation of overcrowded cells, police are forced to grant bail those who committed minor offences. But he said this is not proper as it is sending a wrong perception among the members of general public to see a criminal walking out of police without being tried in court.

Sub Inspector Dandaula added that the situation has reduced number of people arrested during operations and that as Christmas and New Year festive season approaches it is likely that police will be limited in number of arrests because there is no place to keep the criminals. He however mentioned that Lilongwe Police is also trying to reduce overcrowding cells by taking some criminals to Maula Prison for remand.

On 10^th November Malawi courts came to a standstill when Judiciary support staff downed their tools demanding government adjust their salaries corresponding to the rate that has been implemented for Civil Servants recently.

Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Goodall Gondwe on Sunday reiterated earlier statement made by Minister of Justice and Constitution Affairs Samuel Tembenu that government will not vow to demands as doing so would defeat the whole purpose of salary harmonization process being implemented because what happened in the Civil Service was salary restructuring exercise and not general increment.

LL Police Arrests 5 Armed Criminals With Pistol, Military Kit; Another In Connection To Late Murder

equipment used by the armed robbers

Police in Lilongwe have on Thursday afternoon intercepted and arrest five suspected criminals who were on their way to rob Thanzi Poultry Farm along Mchinji road.

Lilongwe Police Public Relations Officer Sub Inspector Kingsley Dandaula confirmed the arrest of five criminals who were armed with a small Pistol gun capable to load up to 75 bullets.

Sub Inspector Dandaula says well wishers tipped off Police Investigators (CID's) in the day about the group of unknown criminals planning to carryout a robbery at Thanzi Poultry Farm in the same day.