Police in Mchinji have arrested a 25 year old man, Shepard Banda, for being found in possession of medical equipment and laboratory medicine without equipment.

Police got tipped-off by some well-wishers that Shepard Banda, the suspect was harbouring the medical equipment in Kholoni Village, Traditional Authority Mlonyeni, just along Mchinji/Lilongwe M12 road.

Mchinji Police Public Relations Officer Limbani Mpinganjira said upon receiving the information, police moved swiftly and raided the suspect’s premises where police found and seized Oxygen tubes, laboratory containers, laboratory medicine and 2 syringes which he failed to account for and he was immediately arrested.

Meanwhile the suspect is in police custody, expected to answer the charges of being found in possession of medical equipment without license as efforts to establish where he got the equipment are still in progress.

Shepard Banda hails from Mkonkha Village, Traditional Authority Mabvwere in Mchinji.