Malawi’s Mchinji man arrested after caught with burial crosses

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.

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.