By Chisomo Phiri
Malawi police at Area 3 in the capital Lilongwe are keeping in custody two ex-convicts on suspicion that they on february 26,2024 broke into a house of a British National, Rashid Sattar, at Area 9, and stole two Dell laptop computers, two plasma tv screens, 12 pieces of jewellery, K500 thousand cash, among others, all valued at K5.5 million.
The suspects have been identified as McDonald Spider, 38, and Christopher Gumulira, 39.
According to Lilongwe Police spokesperson Inspector Hastings Chigalu, on the said date at around 21:40 hours, the suspects, accompanied by two others who are still at large, while armed with panga knives, invaded Sattar’s house where they tied a watchman, a housemaid and a garden boy, before breaking into the house and went away with the said property.
Chigalu says following a thorough analysis of information the station gathered, detectives identified the suspects to have taken an active role in the robbery.
“A subsequent manhunt which police launched, led to the arrest of Spider and Gumulira, who are well known habitual criminals in the district.
“And, a police raid at the suspects’ respective houses recovered a wrist watch, sets of curtains and perfumes, that have so far been positively identified by the victim as his,” says Chigalu.
According to Chigalu, the suspects have so far told police that they committed the offence with the other runaway accomplices, names withheld.
Meanwhile, the station’s detectives have intensified efforts to trace, recover the remaining stolen items, and arrest the other suspects.
McDonald Spider hails from Chande Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Malengachanzi, Nkhota-kota, whilst Christopher Gumulira comes from Saiti Village, (T/A) Nankumba in Mangochi District.
