Police at the Mchinji One-Stop Border Post have arrested Geoffrey Lazarus, 28, for unlawfully importing pesticides from Zambia into Malawi through uncharted routes along the border.

Mchinji Police publicist, Limbani Mpinganjira, said the police have since confiscated the pesticides.

Mpinganjira said that on December 9, 2025, officers on patrol intercepted the suspect at the Mchinji Border as he entered Malawi through an ungazetted route commonly known as Pa Mango, coming from Chipata, Zambia.

A search of a Honda Fit vehicle revealed 38 cartons of Falprid insecticides and soil treatment chemicals, each carton containing 50 bottles, amounting to 1,900 bottles, all being transported without a permit.

Lazarus has since been taken into custody and will appear in court soon to answer charges

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