By Sylvester Kumwenda

Dowa, March 16, Mana: Police in Dowa on Saturday arrested a 34-year-old man for possession of suspected stolen items worth K900,000.

Dowa police station public relations officer Alice Sitima identified the suspect as Luciano Nickson from Chamveka Village, Traditional Authority Mponela in Dowa, who was arrested during a routine search on a minibus at Chibvala Police roadblock along the Lilongwe-Kasungu road.

"During a routine search on a minibus heading to Lilongwe, officers discovered various stolen items like a 32-inch plasma TV, a Redmi cellphone, a bag containing 7 kilogrammes of beef, cooking oil, five pairs of shoes, and dried fish suspected to have been stolen.

“The minibus conductor identified Nickson as the owner of the items. When confronted, the suspect attempted to flee but was swiftly apprehended by the officers. And during interrogation, Nickson admitted to having stolen the items from a residence at Mponela trading centre," said Sitima.

Following this, she said Nickson was taken into police custody.

Sitima said the rightful owner of the items has already positively identified the items as hers and has since collected them.

Nickson is expected to appear in court to face theft-related charges.