Malawi’s Mchinji man arrested after caught with burial crosses
LILONGWE– Malawi Police in Mchinji are keeping in custody a 42 year-old Mapeto Kanyama, for allegedly being found in possession of 22 burial crosses suspected to have been stolen from a graveyard at Robert 1 village, in the border district. Mchinji police publicist Limbani Mpinganjira told Zodiak online that the law enforcers got a tip that the suspect was…
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi Police in Mchinji are keeping in custody a 42 year-old Mapeto Kanyama, for allegedly being found in possession of 22 burial crosses suspected to have been stolen from a graveyard at Robert 1 village, in the border district.
Mchinji police publicist Limbani Mpinganjira told Zodiak online that the law enforcers got a tip that the suspect was offering for sale the items to dealers of scrap metals.
Kanyama will appear before court soon to answer a case of trespassing graveyard, as police await relatives of the deceased persons to identify the stolen burial crosses.
He hails from Kanyama village, Traditional Authority (T.A) Zulu in Mchinji district.