Police in the Northern Region have arrested a Malawi Defence Force soldier at Chilumba and an Immigration officer at Karonga for allegedly assisting Ethiopians to enter the country illegally.
Northern Region Police spokesperson Maurice Chapola has confirmed of the development in an interview with the press.
Chapola identified the two as Brown Juma Banda from Chilumba Barracks and Daiton Msukwa from Karonga Immigration office.
“I can only confirm the arrest and we are going to give more information when we are done with our investigations, which are currently underway,” Chapola said.
The police have also nabbed a civilian, Kunje China, who hails from the lakeshore border district.
According to the police, the immigrants were being kept in the house of the third suspect, China.
