83 Nabbed In Sweeping Exercise, 5 For Marijuana Smuggling in Kasungu

Police in Kasungu district nabbed 83 people during a sweeping exercise in the night of 12 to 13 May2015 at Nkhamenya, Bua and Mtunthama trading centres.

The exercise, according to Kasungu Police Deputy Public Relations Officer Edna Mzingwitsa was done with an aim to smoke out criminals.

The police officer said 6 women age ranges from 18 to 24 were were arrested together with 77 men of age range 20 to 35.

Mzingwitsa says all suspects will appear in court soon to answer charges of rogue and vagabond, idle and disorderly as well as earning a living through prostitution.

In the same district

Police have arrested five people for being found with thirteen bags of Marijuana packed in 50kg bags.

Deputy Public Relations Officer for Kasungu Police Edna Mzingwitsa says the suspects whose ages range from 20 to 38 includes a female suspect, were arrested on 12 May 2015, as were travelling with the illegal substance from Nkhamenya to Lilongwe.

The suspects have been identified as; John Maselino 29 year old from Lilongwe, Ken Machemba aged 21 from Lilongwe, Innocent Banda aged 20 from Mchinji district, Bertha Zigona aged 22 from Kasungu district and Andiseni Mwale aged 38 from Kasungu district

Mzingwitsa says before arrest the suspects made an attempt of running away from Chisazima roadblock but the well wishers tipped the police about the suspicious vehicle  they were using and when police follow up the tipoff, managed to arrest them within Chisadzima village.

The suspects are still in Police custody and they will appear before court soon to the charge of being found in possession of Cannabis Sativa says Police officer.

Two Criminals Arrested As Man Found Dead In Ntchisi

Police in Ntchisi have arrested two people considered by police as dangerous gang of criminals. And manhunt continues for other members masterminding a spate of breakings offences within Malomo Trading Centre, says Sergeant Gladson M'bumpha Ntchisi Police Public Relations Officer.

According to Sergeant M'bumpha, the two suspects were arrested after a tip off from a sex worker who discovered their criminal acts while residing with them at the same Rest house.

"The tip off that swept into the two suspects was a big victory for the law enforcement in Ntchisi and the police have applauded the sex worker's good work." Said Sgt M'bumpha who named notorious acts of the two allegedly committed as the recent burglary, theft and breaking at Malomo Trading Centre.

Police have identified the suspects as Madalitso Govani Nyanja Limbani aged 21, of Thom Village in the area of Traditional Authority Kasumbu in Dedza and Madalitso Mwale, aged 21, from Malasa Village in the area of Traditional Authority Malengachanzi in Nkhotakota district.

Sgt Gladson M'bumpha said police in Ntchisi district for several weeks, have been receiving reports of burglary, theft and breaking cases which the two suspects have been admitted to have been involved in such criminal acts particularly at Malomo Trading Centre and further admitted that they were involved in recent breaking at Malomo Trading Centre.

The two suspects who are being kept at Ntchisi Police station will appear before court soon being charged with burglary, theft and breaking pending other charges and further investigations.

Meanwhile, police have called upon people to report all suspicious people to police and be vigilant at all times as the police is concerned by the trend of breakings.

In the Same District of Ntchisi

Unknown man was found dead at Gamba Village in the area of Traditional Authority Chilooko In Ntchisi.

Ntchisi Police Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Gladson M'bumpha says Thokozani Kapanyanga of Kavulala Village in the area of Traditional Authority Chilooko in Ntchisi informed police that some women fetching for firewood discovered the  remains of the man in the bush.

M'bumpha says Police visited the scene on the same day accompanied by a medical official who confirmed the remains to be of human being. The police officer said the body is suspected to have been there for a very long time and it was in a decomposed state making it difficult to establish the cause of the death.

"The remains which comprised of skull and other parts had been ordered to be buried at the same place." Said Sgt M'bumpha adding that enquiries are in progress to find relatives.

MSB Sale; Get To Know Why Opposition MPs Says Big 'No'

Malawi Government has stiffened its head to sell the Malawi Savings Bank (MSB). There are so many backing to that; from legal aspect of the process of the selling of this national treasure which it has been argued that no one can halt the process, lack of enough capital to sustain the running of this institution and many other reasons the Malawi government is trying to justify on the sale.

A lot of human rights activists, economists and various experts in various fields have in the name of patriotism argued much on this ongoing topic of the sale of MSB. Some have strongly spoken against the sale while others supporting the government move to go ahead with sale.

Shocking As 18 Year Old Mother Murder Own Child In Kasungu District

A teen mother aged 18, Agnes Songwe is in Police custody in Kasungu district for horribly murder her 1 year old baby as a way of ending a long misunderstanding with the baby's biological father.

Inspector Edwin Kaunda, Kasungu Police Public Relations Officer says Agnes stabbed her 1 year baby in the neck and dumped the body secretly.

The Kasungu Police PRO narrates that Agnes had left the child in custody of grandmother in Kasungu district since she married a Man in Dowa district.

Kaunda said the biological father of the child, Jonathan Gonthi denied to marry Agnes right away she was pregnant and also could not provide any support to the baby as promised.

Like a normal visit, Inspector Kaunda says on 5th May this year Agnes arrived at Manthalekani village in the area of TA Chilowamatambe in Kasungu district where the child and grandmother were living then committed the murder.

Upon her arrest Inspector Kaunda says Agnes admitted the murder but said she did it just to make her mother live a free life from waves of threats issued from biological father of her child, Jonathan who together with his relatives had once forced Agnes mother to move out of the village after she asked him to begin support the child.

Agnes was arrested on Saturday and led police to a place where she dumped the the baby.

Agnes hails from Manthalekani village TA Chilowamatambe in Kasungu and will be taken to court very soon to be formally charged.

Malawian Man Hands Himself to Police Over Cousin Murder

A 35 year old man has handed himself to police after killing cousin attempting to steal his goats.

Jolijo Chimgoga of Kaziputa village murdered his cousin Emmanuel Makwacha aged 20 from Kampanje village in the area of Kandeu the night of 10th of April this year says Ntcheu Police Deputy Public Relations Officer Sergeant Hastings Chigalu

Sergeant Chigalu, says Chimgoga with help of neighbours caught from his goat Kraal one of his cousins trying to steal, then asked neighbours to report the incident to the village head leaving him alone with the thief (cousin).

Having being alone for a while with the thief Chimgoga began beating his cousin to death, and later dump the body in a house the deceased was staying, says Police officer as he narrates the incident.

Sergeant Chigalu further said, Chimgoga vanished from his village after the incident but his terrified wife reported the matter to police and was detained pending whereabouts of her husband.

But Sgt Chigalu said, last week Saturday Chimgoga handed himself to police after getting reports that his wife was detained in police custody over the matter and has since admitted to have committed the murder.

Sgt Chigalu says the suspect is to appear before court soon to answer charges of murder which is contrary to section 209 of penal code.

Chigalu has however appealed to members of the general public to desist from taking the law into their own hands instead, should use dialogue and involve police.

Both the deceased and the suspect hails from T/A Njolomole in Ntcheu district.

2 Primary School Head Teachers Arrested Over Cheating

This year's Standard Eight MANEB Examinations register a single cheating case involving two primary schools in in Nambuma, Dowa district, but the institution is still following up other tip offs on suspected organised cheating in other schools.

Public Relations Officer for Malawi Examinations Board (MANEB), Mr Simeon Maganga in a statement released Saturday morning says findings from investigations by MANEB in conjunction with the police following tip offs from members of the public on suspected organised cheating in some schools, has led to the arrest of Head Teacher at Chisepo Primary School, Mr Gideon Kalinde, aged 42; and Head Teacher of Chinzili Primary School, Mr Steven Sajeni, aged 43, as their act was contrary to MANEB (Amendment) Act, 2003, Section 14.

Maganga says MANEB preliminary investigations revealed that Head teachers of Chisepo and Chinzili Primary Schools had been meeting in the staffroom at Chinzili Primary School, strategising on how to assist their candidates says Maganga

Maganga says findings indicated that they drew up a budget of K15,400 to feed invigilators and this was financed by candidates from both schools who paid K500 each.

MANEB further discovered that the Head Teacher of Chisepo Primary School collected K21,000 from his candidates says Maganga who indicated that MANEB is yet to establish how much the Head Teacher of Chinzili Primary School collected.

MANEB PRO has since said the two head teachers will be taken to court soon but investigations on the matter continues

The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) administered the 2015 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) examination to standard eight pupils from Wednesday 6th May to Friday 8th May where about 290,000 prospective candidates had registered to sit for the examination.

The statement says administration of this examination was successful saying there was no leakage.

Guard Breaks Into Court Store For 36 Bags of Marijuana

A 32 year old man who worked as a watchman for Salima district court is in police hands for allegedly stealing 36 bags of Marijuana (Indian Hemp) from a court store.

Yeremia Harry aged 32 was a guard at the court till the morning of 8th May when court clerks noticed that someone broke into the storeroom and that 36 bags of Marijuana to be tendered in court were missing.

Sub Inspector Gift Chitowe a Salima Police Public Relations Officer said police considered the guard as the first suspect.

"He in the company of other unknown criminals in the night of 7th May 2015, broke into the Salima court storeroom and went away with 36 bags of Indian Hemp weighing 536 kilogram's." confirmed Chitowe

The police officer has however said the suspect is still denying to have committed the offense.

"When we were interviewing the suspect he did not accept to have committed the offense but from what we have seen, he was the one guarding the place and was entitled to safeguard whatever was there that is why we have arrested him as we are still hunting for other suspects in this matter" said Chitowe

Yeremia Harry is expected to appear in court to answer charges of breaking into a building and commit a felony therein charges says Sub Inspector Chitowe

The suspect hails from Mfuti village of T/A Kalinga in Salima district.