Police at the Bua roadblock in Kasungu on Wednesday impounded 30 bags of Indian hemp, locally known as chamba, weighing 90 kilograms each.[1] The vehicle ferrying the herb, registration number BK 3704, did not stop when the police ordered it to, which made the officers suspicious, according to Kasungu assistant police spokesperson Constable Burton Mathewe.[1]

Officers boarded another vehicle to follow the speeding vehicle, and when they caught it they found it was carrying the 30 bags of Indian hemp.[1] The police instantly arrested the driver and another person in the vehicle: Davie Kapanda, 30, of Chintendere village in Balaka, and Joseph Mpambali, 39, of Mwalibu village in Lilongwe.[1] The two have since been charged with possession of Indian hemp, which is illegal in Malawi.[1]