{"id":42371,"date":"2023-03-09T22:40:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T22:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/five-people-arrested-over-chamba-in-blantyre"},"modified":"2023-03-09T23:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T23:25:25","slug":"five-people-arrested-over-chamba-in-blantyre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/five-people-arrested-over-chamba-in-blantyre","title":{"rendered":"Five people arrested over Chamba in Blantyre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Blantyre have arrested five people for being found with Chamba in their houses. The five have been identified as, Angella Mkandawire, 31, George Chikagwa, 40, Thandiwe Yasin, 31, Hannif Mkande, 21 and Oscar Gama, 55. They were arrested on Monday, January 23, 2023 around 1100 hours within the city. 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