The Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) in Nampula announced on Tuesday (02.01) the arrest of three Chinese citizens suspected of murdering another Chinese citizen over an alleged debt of 700,000 meticais. The victim was allegedly assaulted on Sunday (31.12) in a restaurant, according to Rosa Chaúque, spokesperson for the PRM in the province. According to...
The migration services in Quelimane, Zambezia province, have detained 30 citizens for illegal entry into Mozambique and lack of documents. Radio Mozambique reports that the group includes citizens of various nationalities, including Portuguese, Bangladeshi, Congolese and Malawian. The provincial spokesman for Migration said that 11 of the 30 illegal immigrants were questioned...
On December 21, the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) arrested an Angolan citizen wanted by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) since September 2019, in the city of Maputo, at the request of the Angolan police authorities. The Angolan citizen fled while already serving a final sentence in 2017,...
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) arrested a member of the Armed Forces and Defense of Mozambique (FADM) accused of facilitating the sale of a firearm. According to Notícias, the gun was sold for 100,000 meticais and the military officer now in custody would receive 15,000 meticais for the intermediation. The newspaper's spokeswoman...
An employee of the Lalgy company and five other individuals are being held accountable by national police authorities for their involvement in the attempted kidnapping of transport and sports entrepreneur Junaide Lalgy. The official was reportedly arrested on Wednesday, and five other people on Thursday. Recently, Junaide Lalgy escaped an attempt...
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) arrested the 28-year-old man caught on surveillance cameras breaking into the headquarters of the Mozambican Bar Association in the "Colombia" neighborhood in the early hours of November 5. When he was captured, he ingested drugs in order to have convulsions and escape from the hands of the police....
The Judicial Court of Tete province sentenced ten citizens, both civil servants and private individuals, to between four and seven years in prison for their involvement in the embezzlement of funds from the Provincial Directorate of Economy and Finance (DPEF). The longest sentence of seven years fell on the defendant Sebastião Tomo. The Director of Finance,...
The provincial command of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique in Zambézia says that Renamo's front-runner, Manuel de Araújo, was disturbing the normal voting process. The PRM confirms that it fired tear gas at Guruè to restore order and denies that there were any deaths. The PRM says that the front-runner was...
"They grabbed me and threw me in the car, Mahindra" The Mayor of Quelimane, in Zambezia province, Manual de Araújo, who is seeking to renew his mandate, was towed away and detained in the early hours of this morning by eight officers from the Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR) of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique. "I was detained for about...
The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) announced yesterday in the city of Beira the arrest of seven party members by the police, accused of having violated electoral law. "We have to announce the arrest of our party members in the districts of Chiure, in Cabo Delegado, and in the district of Beira, in Sofala," said Lutero Simango,...