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The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has hailed the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) for the digital forensic laboratory and training in Public Relations (PR) dubbed "Policing in the Digital Era".

The Inspector General, Mrs. Merlyne Yolamu, PPM, made the remarks on Monday, January 9, 2022 on the sidelines of Police Public Relations Officers (PRO's) training in Lilongwe.

Yolamu pledged to fully utilize the forensic laboratory that will enable law enforcers fight electronic money fraud, illegal migration and cyber security crimes.

The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has pledged to equip the Malawi Police Service with knowledge on the digital space to enable Public Relations Officers (PRO) become digitally engaged as communication technologies advance in Malawi.

The statement was made in Blantyre at Sunbird Mount Soche Hotel on 5th January, 2023, during the official opening ceremony of a series of regional trainings themed "Policing in the digital era".

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) wishes to inform the public that road accidents recorded during this year's Christmas period have decreased by 16 percent when compared to similar accidents recorded in 2021 during the same period.

However, an analysis of the data on these accidents shows that the total number of people killed from the accidents in 2020 has increased by 10 percent.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mrs Merlyne Yolamu PPM has hailed the diversion initiative as a catalyst in decongesting police cells especially for children offenders. 

She was speaking on Monday, November 7, 2022 when she officially opened a two-day capacity building training on diversion and related issues on child protection at Central Region Training Centre (CRTC) in Lilongwe. 

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.