Suspect
Zambian coverage mentioning suspect, gathered from every newsroom we follow.
31 stories
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Technology
Cyber network busted
Seventy-nine people have been apprehended in Lusaka after a joint security operation uncovered a suspected cybercrime network at Evana Estates in New Kasama, with authorities seizing computers, mobile phones, Starlink kits, passports and cash.
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Crime & Courts
18-year-old Mufulira girl arrested for lying that a minor was gang raped
POLICE in Mufulira have arrested an 18-year-old female juvenile for publishing false information, using electronic means. In this matter, the suspect allegedly posted a picture
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Politics
HH condemns violence
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has strongly condemned the political violence that characterized campaigns yesterday in some parts of the country which saw Mr Mundubile and Mr Zulu attacked in Luampa while a musician popularly known as General Kanene was hacked by suspected UPND…
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Crime & Courts
Shovel Found Stuck in Head
AS CONGOLESE FARM CARETAKER IS MURDERED IN PETAUKE A 38-year-old Congolese national has been found dead in his one-room house at Kanyanda Farm in Petauke, with police suspecting murder. Niyonzima Wellars, who worked as a farm caretaker and lived alone, was discovered after neighbours were…
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Politics
Immigration nab 10 Ethiopians as 212 Congolese refugees get repatriated
THE Department of Immigration has apprehended 10 Ethiopian nationals in Kazungula following an intelligence-led operation targeting suspected illegal movement towards the Zambezi River. The operation, conducted in the Highlands area of Kazungula District, involved four Immigration Officers and three armed Police Officers…
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Crime & Courts
Police refute claims of Patrick Mwansa’s death in custody
POLICE in Lusaka has dismissed claims circulating on social media that a detained suspect, Patrick Mwansa, died while in police custody. In a statement, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Chipo Kaitisha said the allegations were false and misleading. “Mr. Mwansa is alive and in good…
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Health
Zambia Records 119 Confirmed Measles Cases, Western Province Hardest Hit
ZAMBIA has recorded 119 laboratory-confirmed measles cases, with Western Province as the epicentre, the Ministry of Health said. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr. Kennedy Lishimpi told a media briefing that between January and June 2026, the ministry recorded 700 suspected cases…
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Crime & Courts
SOUTH AFRICA: Man attacked by his girlfriend and her sister after he confronted her for allegedly cheating
A 23-year-old woman and her sister, 27, were arrested by Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) for allegedly attacking her boyfriend. The suspects were nabbed on Monday, August 24, 2026 after they fled the scene of the violent attack
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Crime & Courts
DEC arrests 4 in crackdown on drug trafficking networks across 3 provinces
The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested four suspects and seized various quantities of cannabis following intelligence-led operations in Muchinga, Southern and Lusaka Provinces. In a statement issued in Lusaka on Monday, DEC Public Relations Officer, Allan Tamba, said the operations were part of intensified…
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Sport
South Africa ex-world boxing champ Tete shot dead outside his home
Two-time world champion boxer Zolani Tete, 38, was fatally shot in an apparent ambush outside his home in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, on Friday evening. A 27-year-old female passenger was also wounded in the attack and remains hospitalised as police search for the two armed suspects…
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Crime & Courts
35 Ugandans, 11 Chinese, 33 others arrested in Lusaka joint operation targeting alleged cybercrime network (Video)
Seventy-nine people have been apprehended in a joint security operation targeting a suspected cybercrime network operating from Evana Estates in New Kasama, Lusaka. The operation was conducted on August 23, 2026 by the Zambia Police Service, Drug Enforcement Commission, Department of Immigration, Zambia Cyber Security…
