{"id":51775,"date":"2023-11-04T17:50:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T17:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/woman-attempts-to-smuggle-phone-into-zomba-prison-2"},"modified":"2023-11-04T18:05:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T18:05:40","slug":"woman-attempts-to-smuggle-phone-into-zomba-prison-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/woman-attempts-to-smuggle-phone-into-zomba-prison-2","title":{"rendered":"Woman attempts to smuggle phone into Zomba Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Zomba have arrested a 24-year-old woman for attempting to smuggle a cellphone into Zomba Maximum Prison. The suspect has been identified as Beatrice Kasakala, from Chelewani village, Traditional Authority Mchiramwera in Thyolo district.<\/p>\n<p>According to Zomba Police publicist, Patricia Sipiliano, the suspect went to the prison to visit her brother who was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in 2017 for raping a child.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, the suspect took a loaf of bread as food for his brother and had hidden a cellphone inside the bread. A prison warder on duty scanned the bread as per requirements and in the process, detected the cellphone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Police in Zomba have arrested a 24-year-old woman for attempting to smuggle a cellphone into Zomba Maximum Prison. The suspect has been identified as Beatrice Kasakala, from Chelewani village, Traditional Authority Mchiramwera in Thyolo district. 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