Police in Lilongwe have arrested a 28-year-old clinical officer at Kamuzu Central Hospital for allegedly stealing electronic devices from the hospital.

Lilongwe police spokesperson Hastings Chigalu identfied the suspect as Alinafe Likagwa who hails from Mayani Village, Traditional Authority Tambala in Dedza District.

Chigalu said reports indicate that the hospital electronical devices such as computers, printers, scanners went missing in December last year.

He said reports further indicate that the first week of January 2023, the suspect, who also owns a stationery and photocopying shop, reported to work with documents which already had KCH printed across them, something which aroused suspicion among his workmates.

“Lilongwe Police detectives went on the ground after receiving the complaint. This resulted into recovery of the electronics from a woman (name withheld), where the suspect went to hide the items after secretly moving them from his photocopying shop at Gologota Trading Centre in Area 23,” Chigalu said.

Likagwa will appear in court to answer a charge of theft by public servant.