The Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court has convicted and fined 35-year-old Mussah Saidi K1.6 million for possessing 650 litres of liquid petroleum (petrol) without a valid permit.

The court heard through prosecutor Inspector Maggie Chibulire that on November 25, 2025 a team of general duties officers conducting patrols within Mangochi Township received a tip-off from a well-wisher that the convict, who is an illegal fuel trader, was keeping drums of petrol at his house in Ntagaluka Village.

Acting on the information, the officers proceeded to Saidi’s house, where they found three drums containing a total of 650 litres of petrol loaded in a 2-ton Toyota Dyna within the compound, about to be transported to Makanjira.

Upon noticing police presence, Saidi fled the scene, prompting

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