A notorious criminal was nabbed in Malawi after he broke into a prison office and stole guns and handcuffs days after completing a six-year jail term for burglary, police said Monday.
Franklin Gausi, police spokesman for Dedza district, told AFP that Witala Soko, 37, broke into the district's prison office over the weekend, stealing two rifles, three pairs of handcuffs and a police communications radio.
"This is very rare incident in Malawi for an ex-convict or anyone else to break into a prison office and steal guns," Gausi said.
He said Soko was arrested while trying to sell the communications radio and led police to a graveyard where he had buried the guns and other items.
Soko was expected to appear in a court Monday where he would be charged with burglary, he added.
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