Police in Mzuzu have arrested a 41-year-old man for being found in possession of 17 bags of counterfeit fertilizer weighing 50 kilograms each.

Mzuzu Police Spokesperson Paul Tembo said the suspect Blessings Nyirenda has been arrested following a tip-off that the businessperson was repackaging the counterfeit fertilizer in NPK sacks belonging to Smallholder Fertilizer Revolving fund SFRF.

It is not yet known as to how much Nyirenda has been selling the fake fertilizer but authorized dealers are offering it at about K71,000 per 50-kilogram bag.

Mid August this year, Lilongwe Police Station also found 92 bags of fake fertilizer at a house at Sankhani Village in Traditional Authority Njewa in the district.

Source:ZBS