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Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo – Picture by Albert MpezeniKatongo
Police in Lusaka have recovered six motor vehicles believed to have been stolen from Nampundwe, Chongwe and Lusaka and arrested four suspects in connection with the thefts.
This was after police received a tip-off from members of the public that there was a group of criminals in John Leing suspected to be behind a spate of Theft of Motor vehicles in the said areas.
Police spokesperson Esther Katongo says following the report, police officers staged an operation in which they managed to apprehend four (04) suspects and further recovered five (05) motor vehicles which include a Toyota Corolla white in colour bearing plate no. ALF 6945 with the original no. being BAB 1920, a Toyota Corolla white in colour bearing plate no. ABG 8408 while the original No. being ALF 6311, A Honda Fit pink in colour bearing a fake plate No.ADC 4518 with the original number being ALP 1617.
Ms. Katongo says the suspects who are in police custody awaiting court appearance have been identified as Charles Ntambe an escapee from Mumbwa Open Prison, Raymond Mwanza, Chrispin Shakonde, Sydney Kalunga and Dennis Ngoma who is an ex- convict.
In another development in Lusaka, police have arrested eight (08) suspected criminals in the aggravated robbery which happened on 6th February, 2017 in Makeni involving a cashier at Green Valley Estate, a company that trades in Fresh Fish.
Ms. Katongo says the criminals who were using a Toyota Caldina and armed with a Shotgun intercepted the cashier at the gate as she was coming from collecting daily sales and went away with K79, 100 cash.
She says after an operation, police officers managed to recover a Toyota chaser bought from the stolen money by the gang leader and various other household goods.
In a related development, Police in Lusaka have arrested two suspected criminals who have been behind a spate of aggravated robberies in Lusaka and have recovered a Pump Action Shot Gun which was being used in the criminal activities.
Ms Katongo says the suspects Justine Abdul Faruku Banda and Charles Brown Banda have been behind various aggravated robberies including the one which happened at Mr Robert Sichinga’s residence in New Kasama where property worth about K46, 400 was stolen on 11 January 2017.