Police in Mangochi have arrested Imran Anusa, 20, suspected to have stolen 14 manhole covers at St. Michael’s Girls Secondary School in Malindi area worthy K910,000.

It is reported that on the morning of March 16, 2022 the school bursar, Kingsley Chiwalo, 41, discovered that the fourteen manhole covers at the staff houses were missing.

The matter was reported at Mangochi Police Station where officers responded quickly and raided the scene leading to the arrest of the suspect the same day.The Police also recovered five of the stolen manhole covers within the same area.

Upon being interrogated, Anusa mentioned his two accomplices who are currently at large and Police are hunting for them and the remaining property.

Anusa will appear before court to answer the charge of theft which contravenes section 278 of the Penal Code.

The suspect hails from Chindamba Village, Traditional Authority Chowe in Mangochi.