By: Charles K. Banda
Police Community at Sonda in Mzuzu on Monday, 26th June, 2023 arrested a teenager, Peter Simkonda aged 16 on suspicion that he stole MK300,000.00 from his Uncle, Joseph Nyasulu.
It was reported that the boy who stays with his Uncle at Sonda, on Sunday 25th June, 2023 at around 1400 hours was sent to deliver eleven (11) 50 kilogram bags of groundnuts to his Uncle’s business customer in Chibavi. The boy successfully delivered the goods and collected MK300,000.00 from the customer, Edwin Nyirongo as part payment from the agreed amount of MK550,000.00.
It was gathered from the Uncle that after the boy collected the money, he did not return home.” As a family we waited for him up to midnight but still he was nowhere to be found. We then decided to report to Police Community as first step before taking the issue to Police,” said a distracted looking Uncle.
Sonda Police Community Coordinator, Manfred Chitengo said after receiving the complaint, they immediately launched a manhunt to trace the boy. ” We managed to apprehend the boy after getting a successful tip from one of his close friends. Out of MK300,000.00, we only managed to recover MK110,000.00 which the boy tendered to us.”
The Uncle to the boy said despite the nasty conduct demonstrated by his niece but he can not pursue the issue further. The boy has since returned home to reunite with the family. Joseph Nyasulu and the boy both comes from Zewera Village, Traditional Authority Mzikubola in Mzimba District.
Charles K. Banda 