By Vincent Gunde
The Malawi Police Service (MPS) says it has intensified investigations following reports of property looting from Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe, one of the State Residences claiming that one suspect, former Director of Security at State Residences Lieutenant Colonel Godfrey Arthur Jalale (Retird) 62, of Zulu village, T/A Zulu in Mchinji has since been arrested.
The MPS says the arrested suspect is allegedly on suspicion of theft of three Malinois and one Dutch Shepherd Dogs (Police Dogs) at the Kamuzu Palace and has already appeared before the Magistrate Court in Lilongwe and is currently on remand.
In a press statement dated 26th November, 2025 signed by Alfred Chimthere, Deputy national Police PRO, the MPS has dispels rumours circulating on social media alleging the arrest of former President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera assuring Malawians that there is no arrest warrant for the former President reminding all to confirm their stories with the Police’s official spokesperson to avoid circulating false and misleading stories in the social media.
“The Police have obtained a Search Warrant in pursuing evidence by the suspect that Police Dogs are being kept at the former president’s residence in Area 10,” reads the message in part.
Writing on his face book page, Deputy Minister for Homeland Security Norman Paulosi Chisale, says the official (a suspect being held under police custody has disclosed that the dogs are located in the former president- Dr. Lazarus Chakwera Residence.
Chisale says as the police were initiating efforts to retrieve the dogs from President Chakwera’s Kamuzu Palace Residents, the news reached Congress members, they abandoned the parliamentary proceedings at the Parliament Building to protest President Chakwera’s arrest by police.
“He has revealed that the Police Dogs are at the Residence of former President Dr. Lazars Chakwera,” reads Chisale’s writings on the wall.
And Julius Zimwanda Mithi of JFM news has reported to the entire nation that some State Residence vehicles are being hidden at one of the houses in Area 51- Lilongwe.
