POLICE on the Copperbelt have arrested two truck drivers who allegedly diverted 11,200 by 50 kilogramme bags of maize belonging to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) worth more than K740 million.
Acting Copperbelt police commanding officer Milner Muyambango confirmed the incident in Kitwe on Monday.
“We have arrested two truck drivers who diverted two trucks carrying maize belonging to FRA and the trucks crossed Kasumbalesa border post where they disappeared,” he said.
Mr Muyambango said the two men are allegedly working with some officials from FRA to steal maize from the agency.
He named the suspects as Chela Chileshe and Lucas Nkoma, both of Ndola. Mr Muyambango said the two were arrested when they tried to divert about 1,900 bags of maize at a road block in Chambishi.
“They were transporting maize from Lupama satellite depot to the main depot in Chambishi when they were arrested. The officials from Lupama called the main depot officials to find out whether they had received the consignment, but to their surprise they were told that no maize had been delivered. That is when the police officers were involved and a road block was mounted and the two men were arrested,” he said.
Mr Muyambango said the duo has been charged with theft of goods in transit and will appear in court soon. He said police managed to recover the 1,900 bags of maize while the other consignment has not been found.
Meanwhile, police on the Copperbelt are looking for unknown people who allegedly stole copper that was in transit from Shemaf mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mr Muyambango said the truck carrying the copper was found abandoned near Luanshya turnoff and that the driver is at large. He said the police are being helped in their investigations by the driver’s helper.
“We have not arrested the lorry boy. He is just helping us with information that we need to bring the culprits to book. The driver is the one who is at large,” Mr Muyambango said.
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jail the bastards!
You think you still in RB s government where theft was legal, this is PF. Mwalakakwa and you ll be example to evryone
GRZ give us jobs and we will setup an excellent computer monitoring system for you guys. It can be done on the cheap using open source software n cheap GPS trackers. Obviously you have IT professionals in Zed that have no vision.
Corruption is everywhere in Zambia, nsala
Stealing that lot is not hunger but sabotage. $148,000 even in USA is big money. Let the law take it’s course.
Nkoma and Chileshe. U fools like RB and Sata. Why alwayz bemba and Chewas
the fools are so selfish.
Squeeze their nuts until they pop!
After that feed them to Lions and Hyenas to finish them fools off.
Koff @6
why do you Lozi guys see tribe in everything. could it be because you hate everyone so you think we also hate you as equally. Ba Lozi relax we don’t hate you the rest of Zambia unlike you! is too civilized to hate you. We have better things to do like make make Lozi women pregnant so we stop the hatred lol
l have fathered a clan with their women, and l am still breeding with these Lozi women.. So don,t worry about Ka Koffi, the Lozi women give us kids who take up our names, we shall civilize them tepano tuli
Chileshe you are the initiator Nkhoma is just a follower. The Bembas always start the story of theft. Mwamona ba Chileshe mwaletelela ba Nkhoma. To every theft there is Bemba character involved. Mwatwikatisha mwe ba Bemba na panshi pa talala.
Hahaha you are crazy lol
Just steal
Ha ha ha ha , I think its not Chieleshe and Nkhoma but probably Hachileshe and Hankhoma.
yaba..these bembas and stealing..we shall see more of them arrested after pf leaves govt..
Eeee, insala is there, but stealing 1,900 is beyond insala. bembas have brains to initiate anything, including bukateeka. smark tribe indeed. but for chileshe and nkhoma you will be caged bros.