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Police in Chikwawa have launched a manhunt for unknown criminals who are allegedly to be poachers for murdering a game ranger.

The deceased was identified as Bendius Amadi 31 of Chiwale Village Traditional Authority Kasisi in Chikwawa District.

Amadi, who was working with Majete Game Reserve as a game ranger, was murdered on 20 October 2022 by a suspected gang of poachers.

At the time, Amadi was  patrolling within Chedwiti area in the game reserve when he met his fate.

A special police detectives team that was formulated to investigate a spate of robbery cases targeting Filling Stations across the country and other targeted places have arrested five suspected criminals.

The suspected criminals are connected to robbery cases that happened at Total Filling Station in Balaka, Meru Filling Station at Ngabu, Bunda Filling Station, FDH Bank at Dedza Boma and Sisters at Ulongwe Mission.

Police have also recovered assorted stolen items.

Police in Nkhata Bay District are keeping in custody a 33-year-old woman, Leah Banda, for allegedly smuggling a cell-phone into Nkhata Bay prison meant for her husband who is remanded at the prison for theft by servant.

Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate Court on Friday, 30 September, 2022 sentenced a 34-year-old woman, Jenipher Jafali to pay a fine of K20,000 in default serve a five months jail term for attempting to smuggle a TNM SIM card into Zomba Maximum Prison. 

The court through the state prosecutor Rodrick Kamuona of Zomba Police Station heard that, in the month of June  2022, the convict went to Zomba Central Prison to see her husband who is serving a sentence. 

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has assured Nacala Logistics of its commitment to provide security support for the company's railway operations in Malawi. 

Deputy Inspector General of Police responsible for Operations, Mr. Casper Chalera made the remarks during a stakeholders meeting between the two institutions in Lilongwe. 

Chalera emphasized on the need for the two to maintain a good working relationship and incorporate local communities in their plans and operations. 

The Inspector General of the Malawi Police Service, Mrs. Merlyn Yolamu, PPM, has hailed the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (SARPCCO) games for fostering interactions among national police institutions in the fight against transnational crimes.

The Malawi Police Service has today, August 31, 2022 received 52 motorcycles which are part of a donation of 152 motorbikes that United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), under the Spotlight Initiative, has given to the Malawi government.

The handover ceremony took place at National Police Headquarters in Lilongwe and was presided over by Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Honourable Patricia Kaliati.

Police in Chiradzulu have arrested two FDH Bank commissionaires on suspicion that they stole a customer's K340,000 cash at the bank's Auto Teller Machine (ATM) in the district.

The suspects, who work at Chiradzulu FDH Bank branch, have been identified as William Mitiyali, 33, of Nansanya Village, Traditional Authority Nchiramwera in Thyolo and Alfred Mkwanda, 30, of Mpira Village, Traditional Authority Bwananyambi in Mangochi.

The Chief Resident Magistrate's Court in Lilongwe has jailed two men, Lorman Khola and George Mkwinda, after being found guilty to a charge of found in possession of Cannabis Sativa (Indian Hemp) contrary to Section 19(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act as read with Regulation 4(a) of the same Act. 

The duo was on April 13, 2022 caught carrying 57 bags of the illicit drug weighing 1,221 kilograms without a licence or permit in a Hino truck registration number NE 5012 at Dwangwa Trading Centre and they pleaded guilty before Acting Chief Resident Magistrate Madalitso Chimwaza.