Police in Balaka have arrested two men suspected to being in possession of stolen property, breaking into a building and committing felony therein and theft of bicycle.
Balaka Police publicist, Gladson M’bumpha, identified the suspects as Ayami Frank and Lanken Dafter, who were arrested on Sunday following an intelligence driven exercise conducted within Balaka Township.
M’bumpha said policed were tipped that the two were keeping assorted items in the house they accommodate themselves and the same items were being suspected to be stolen items.
He said they were found with: “Tv screen, four speakers, two plastic basins, a fan, two shaving machines and a metal pot. When the two were quizzed to explain where and how they got the items, they replied that they bought them from a passersby”.
In second scenario, the suspects were found in possession of duvet, blanket, scale, one headset, one Bluetooth speaker and one brower.
” Upon being interviewed to explain how and where they obtained the items, they confessed to have stolen from the shop of Francis Kabango, a businessman at Lime Trading Centre. They consequently led the team of detectives to the scene where they demonstrated on how they committed the offence,” M’bumpha said.
According to him, the suspects found in possession with a wooden door, which they confessed that they stole it from a carpenter at Matola Trading Centre.
The bicycle was stolen the storeroom of Prince Dauda of Mthumba Village in Traditional Authority Sawali in Balaka.
“The suspects also led the team of detectives to the scene where they also demonstrated on how they broke into the storeroom. They further admitted also to have stolen additional two bicycles and one bag of maize from the storeroom.
“Once paper work is completed, the suspects will be taken before court to defend themselves on the allegations levelled against them,” M’bumpha said.
The suspects have been charged with possession of property suspected to have been stolen, breaking into a building and committing felony, and theft.
Ayami Frank comes from Kabota Village in Traditional Authority Kalembo while Lanken Dafter comes from Kalembela Village in Traditional Authority Nsamala, both from Balaka District.
