{"id":65491,"date":"2024-11-27T23:05:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T23:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/three-men-nabbed-for-stealing-mtl-cables"},"modified":"2024-11-27T23:11:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T23:11:21","slug":"three-men-nabbed-for-stealing-mtl-cables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/three-men-nabbed-for-stealing-mtl-cables","title":{"rendered":"Three men nabbed for stealing MTL cables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Lingadzi Police have arrested three men for allegedly stealing Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL) cables in Lilongwe District.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Public Relations Officer for Lingadzi Police, Maria Kumwenda, has confirmed the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kumwenda, police received a complaint from MTL about their premises being tampered with by unknown criminals who went away with cables of worthy MK1,400,000.00.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActing on this, Lingadzi Police Station detectives launched a manhunt which led to the arrest of Bernard Sikaliveti, Frank Hadji and Joseph Phiri,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Kumwenda added that the three were found at the Golden Peacock Hotel, where they were loading the stolen cables in a taxi.<\/p>\n<p>They will appear in court soon and answer the charges levelled against them after admitting to having stolen the cables at City Center in Lilongwe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Malawi<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Lingadzi Police have arrested three men for allegedly stealing Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL) cables in Lilongwe District. Deputy Public Relations Officer for Lingadzi Police, Maria Kumwenda, has confirmed the arrest. 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