Police in Chiradzulu have launched a manhunt for Mwanje Ward councillor Duglous Mkwezalamba for facilitating the selling of a grader worth five hundred million kwacha (K500 000 000.00).

The Grader which was stuck in the area for a while  was found sold by Ward Councillor and police have arrested other two people in connection to the matter.

The two are identified as Verian Adams Shuli who paid to buy the grader and William Katete who was hired to transport it.

According  to Public Relations Office for Chiladzulu Police, Constable Cosmass Kagulo, the councilor wanted to sell the grader at a price of three million five hundred kwacha(K3, 500. 000). He received a deposit amounting to one million eight hundred fourty five thousand (K1, 845. 000) cash through airtel money from Verian Adams Shuli.

When the matter was reported to the police, officers rushed to the scene and found that the grader was being dismantled and that some parts were already loaded into the motor vehicle which was hired to transport the parts.

Upon seeing the police, the councilor escaped from the scene, leaving the buyers right there.

Efforts have been made to trace the whereabouts of the councilor but to no avail as he is in the right position to answer the charge.

The report was extended to the ministry of Public Works who came and identified that the grader belongs to government under the ministry of Public works and is valued at five hundred million kwacha.

The suspects are identified as Verian Adams Shuli from Tanzania and William Katete from Mwenye village Traditional Authority Likoswe in the district.