Africa-Press – Malawi. Malawi Police in Blantyre, Ndirande Township are keeping in custody Dickson Mike for allegedly supplying counterfeit and defective Nyika Bottled Still Water to a certain shop on March 14, 2022.
It is reportedly that on February 28, 2022, Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) received a complaint against Universal Industries Limited’s Nyika still water bought at a shop in Ndirande. According the claimant, the bottled water had foreign bodies and caused stomachaches after consumption which made the MBS to follow up on the matter.
Having showed different batch numbers, the shop owner in the township was asked to trace the supplier of the Still Water being sold at his shop, a development that led to the arrest of Dickson Mike.
Investigations revealed that Dickson was refilling the used Nyika Still Water Bottles from Universal Industries with tap water. The fake still water also had Nyika Still Water plastic seals which looked to have originated from Universal Industries Limited.
This proved that water was not only counterfeit but, also a defective one being packed by an unscrupulous trader. The suspect was also found with 250 empty bottles and 500 bottle caps with the company’s labels at his house in mbayani.
During interrogation, he disclosed that the syndicate also involved two employees from the concerned company identified as khumbo and Timothy Benson who works as Supervisor and Driver respectively.
The suspects will appear before court to answer charges of Sale of Noxious food or drink contrary to section 194 and Counterfeiting Trademarks section 388 of the penal code.
The Malawi Bureau of Standards malpractice of supplying dangerous or defective commodities is against Section 39 of the Bureau’s Act ( Cap 51:02) and it attracts a penalty of MKK1,000,000.00 and a one year sentence in prison as per Section 44 of the Act.
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