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Police in Mangochi have arrested a third suspect who was on the run after committing various offenses in January this year.
The Police have in the process recovered stolen items like laptops and plasma worthy K2.5 million.
Mangochi Police publicist Sub Inspector Amina Tepani Daudi has identified the suspect Edward Mayo, 31.
According to Sub Inspector Daudi, Mayeso and two accomplices who were on February 2, 2022, convicted to 15 years imprisonment with hard labor broke into different houses, and went away with the items.
On the morning of January 28, 2022, the trio who came from Lilongwe also broke into two houses at Mgundaphiri Village when the owners were not around.
The matter was then reported at Mangochi Police Station swiftly responding to the alert and successfully arrested the two convicts and recovered some of the stolen properties at Makawa Trading Centre.
Mayeso vanished using an unregistered Toyota Passo which the trio was engaged during their operations.
He has been arrested in Kasungu District where he was hiding and led the detectives to Lilongwe where they have recovered eight laptops and 32-inch plasma.
Meanwhile, some of the stolen properties have been identified by owners.
The suspect will appear before the court to answer charges of housebreaking and theft which contravene sections 309(a) and 278 of the Penal Code respectively.
Mayeso hails from Namwera Village, Traditional Authority Jalasi in Mangochi.
