A 37-year-old man is under custody of Ntcheu Police on charges of impersonating a public officer and being found in possession of a motorcycle suspected to have been stolen.
The suspect Fiskan Nyirenda, was arrested at a drinking joint at Lizulu Trading Centre on August 9 while in the process of selling a Rico motorcycle.
According to Ntcheu Police spokesperson Hastings Chigalu, during their routine foot patrols at the Trading centre, Lizulu Police officers came across the suspect who was carelessly spending money on beer.
It was learnt that for two days, he kept telling people that he is a serving member of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF), and was in the area for other engagements.
“Fiskani Nyirenda failed to convince the police with valid identities to substantiate his claim that he is a serving member of MDF.
“Furthermore, when asked to produce valid documents for the Rico motorcycle he was offering for sale at a price of K140,000 he failed.
This prompted the police to thoroughly search him and he was found with one MDF battle drill uniform, a person's national identity card and a batch of different motorcycle keys.
Police enquiries have revealed that the suspect was sacked from the Defence Force in 2017 for absenting himself without leave while at Cobbe Barracks.
They have also managed to trace the rightful owner of the national identity card through the National Registration Bureau (NRB).
The owner, who is an uncle to the suspect, said his identity went missing together with other belongings when the suspect left him sometime in Mchinji.
Nyirenda hails from Bondo Village, Traditional Authority Kaomba in Kasungu.
He will appear in court on 14th August to answer charges of impersonating a public officer and being found in possession of property suspected to have been stolen.
The motorcycle is still at Ntcheu Police Station for identification.
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