Blantyre police arrested a 23-year-old woman on 30 July 2016 after finding 14 bags of cannabis sativa, known locally as chamba, at an unfinished house in Chilimba township. She was charged with possessing cannabis without a licence, and another outlet reported the cannabis was sent to a research station for testing.
🇲🇼 Chilimba Township, Blantyre · Malawi
Police in Chilimba township in Blantyre arrested 23-year-old Elizabeth Mitundu on Saturday 30 July 2016 with 14 bags of cannabis sativa, known locally as chamba.[1]
The cannabis was kept at a building under construction, and police sent it to the Bvumbwe research station for testing as part of the trial process.[2] She will appear in court charged with being found in possession of cannabis sativa without a licence.[1]
Police in Dedza arrested 46-year-old Mayamiko Empraim on suspicion of supplying chamba to three pupils aged 13 to 15 at Kapalamula Primary School. He was in custody and expected to face a charge of possessing cannabis sativa after a school outreach programme led to the report.
Police arrested four people aged 17 to 27 during a sweeping exercise in Balaka Township on 31 October 2026 for possessing cannabis sativa without a licence. Two were found with loose cannabis and 15 twists in a plastic lid; two with loose cannabis in glass bottles and two packets of hemp rolling papers. All four, from Traditional Authority Nsamala, will appear in court.
Malawi police arrested David Chikomeni Chirwa, a board member of the Cannabis Regulatory Authority, and Storm Kandodo at the Jenda roadblock on the night of 6 August 2026 after finding 19.2 kg of cannabis they could not show a permit for. Chirwa was granted bail at his first court appearance the next day.
Police in Blantyre arrested Castel Malawi Limited chief Herve Milhad on 8 April 2022 for allegedly growing cannabis at his Kabula Heights home, seizing 5 grams and uprooting 59 plants. He was granted police bail the same day pending laboratory verification and a court appearance.