Press Release

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 Malawi Police Service (MPS) wishes to inform the general public that it has found four more bodies of suspected Ethiopian human trafficking victims in Mzimba. 

Malawi Police Service (MPS) wishes to inform the general public that it is investigating a case in which a mass-grave containing 25 bodies of suspected victims of human trafficking was discovered in Mzimba District.

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) wishes to clarify on a shooting incident that happened in Blantyre in which Mr. Rabiah Akar, a Lebanese businessman, is alleged to have shot and wounded his employee, Dave Tsogolera who is suspected to have connived with criminals to break into his warehouse in Limbe. 

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) is condemning the unruly behaviour of some motorists who, when they fail to settle road traffic offences they have been charged with, resort to assault traffic police officers on duty.

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) informs Malawians of the arrest of Mr. Chidawawa Mainje, 39, of Malothi village, T/A Mlolo in Nsanje District who works as a nurse at Ntcheu District Hospital over Cyber Harrasment.

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has noted with great concern, the growing phenomenon of some overzealous people who are using abusive language against others on different social media platforms. The trend does not only breach peace on innocent individuals, but it also lands one into a criminal conflict where the doer can be arrested and prosecuted accordingly.

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) informs the public of the arrest of nine thugs, 
suspected to be the criminals that were robbing motorists by blocking the M1 road 
with stones at Kachipeya near Lizulu Trading Centre in Ntcheu District.

The Malawi Police Service has instituted an investigation into a case where an unknown male African person has been murdered by some students of Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) over an allegation of theft.

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) wants to distance itself from the claim by MISA Malawi that it is behind the cyber hacking  of Platform for Investigative Journalists (PIJ) website.