Lilongwe Police spokesperson Hastings Chigalu has confirmed the arrest and identified the supect as Rodney Kandulu, of Bismark Village, Traditional Authority Kapeni in Blantyre District.

On the said date at around 09:00 hours, the suspect, being one of the cashiers at Area 3 office, collected the said amount and started using the revenue to play Navigator betting game in order to generate his own profits without his company knowing.

Upon being audited at around 12:00 hours, it is when he was found with a shortage of the said amount.

A thorough grilling, and going through his cellphone, it was established that he used the money to play Premier Bet Navigator game in which he placed multiple bets of K1 million minimum, and K4.5 million maximum, for several times totaling to K18 million.

Later, Area 3 police detectives were called in, who arrested the suspect.

During interrogation he voluntarily admitted to squander the cash through betting, and said he regretted to have done such a thing, saying he can not afford to pay back such a huge sum of money.

Rodney Kandulu , is expected to appear in court soon to answer a case of Theft by Servant.