Police in Chingola District on the Copperbelt have arrested three.
Chinese Nationals for being in possession of suspected Copper ore worth over 232 million kwacha.
And a 25 year old man of Livingstone’s Linda Compound died in police custody, in the area last Friday.
In the Chingola incidence, District Commissioner Tobias Maliti confirmed the arrest of the three foreign nationals to ZNBC News in a telephone interview.
Mr. Maliti says the three nationals who were arrested on Saturday by state police and Konkola Copper Mines KCM security personnel will appear in court on Tuesday.
Mr Maliti who has thanked state police for arresting the trio has expressed concern at the increase in the cases of copper theft in the District.
Death
And a 25 year old man of Livingstone’s Linda Compound died in police custody, in the area last Friday.
Police Service Spokesperson Ndandula Siamana has named the deceased as Thomas Mungaila.
Ms Siamana says the late Mungaila was charged with disorderly behaviour, following a drinking spree with his two colleagues.
She states that Mr Mungaila and his colleagues exhibited disorderly behaviour after he suspected them of having stolen his phone.
Ms Siamana says it is suspected that Mr Mungaila could have died as a consequence of having been beaten by his two colleagues.
She revealed that the deceased’s colleagues, Roy Sinkala and Jacob Chikote both of unknown age, have been picked as suspects.
Ms Siamana says the late Mr Mungaila was found with bruises on his head.
She says Mr Mungaila’s is at Batoka Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem.
Ms Siamana says the police service is saddened with the death of Mr Mungaila.
This is contained in a statement released to ZNBC News in Lusaka on Monday.
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these chinese “infesters” are just thieves and i don’t know why we entertain them in Zed.
Release the chinese.They have no case to answer.They have a better case than their colleagues who resorted to guns in the other case involving choncholis.
RB police is working. Chinese dont disappoint us. SATA_N boys are training the chinese to steal. Na tolya fye…Follow the channels.
Go doc, get them no matter what country they come from a thief is a thief, We need these resources to develop our Zambia for the future generations. Keep them in our prisons and then deport them once they have served their jail time with hard labour
Zambian police, why did u lock up a person who was already injured instead of taking him to the hospital. Are there laws in Zambia that allow for prosecution of the erring police. Shame on u police mwapwisha ukwipaya people who are innocent. May his soul rest in peace
..Yes..this is strange. How come the Police didn’t notice the bruises when this man was being locked up? If someone was injured to the extent that they died, it should have been vissible. I don’t know if the police are clean on this one, the other two gentlemen might suffer for things they don’t know.