Police in Lilongwe are keeping in custody a 23-year-old motorcycle taxi operator and a 30-year-old woman arrested on Thursday, June 1, 2023 over illegal possession of three bags and five cartons of Indian Hemp, which they allegedly wanted to send to Blantyre through a courier service operator.

Lilongwe Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Hastings Chigalu on Friday identified the suspects as Ackim Lameck and Catherine John of Mtsiliza Township in the Administrative Capital.

According to Chigalu, law enforcers operating within the Lilongwe bus terminal, received a tip-off from one of the courier service providers that the first suspect, Lameck, brought to the operator five cartons suspected to contain chamba which was wrapped in multiple black plastic bags.

Upon following the information, the law enforcers nabbed Lameck who was within the bus terminal.

After interrogation, Lameck later led the team to Mtsiliza location where John was also arrested upon being found in possession of an additional three large bags, containing multiple packages of the loose hemp, in her house.

Both suspects will appear in court soon to answer a case of being found in possession of Indian Hemp without a license.

Lameck hails from Chakachadza Village, while John hails from Mpatsankhondo Village, Traditional Authority Chiseka, both in Lilongwe District.