(DAILY MAIL) William Banda arrested

William Banda arrested
August 23, 2012 | Filed under: Local News | Posted by: web editor
By YANDE SYAMPEYO

UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) member William Banda has been arrested and charged with being in possession of property suspected to have been acquired from proceeds of crime.

Mr Banda was formally arrested at Woodlands Police Station yesterday, according to a statement from government joint investigations team acting spokesperson Christopher Chibanku.

“Mr Banda has been arrested on two counts of allegedly being in possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime, contrary to section 71 (1) of the forfeiture of proceeds of Crime Act No. 19 of 2010,” Mr Chibanku said.

He said in the first count, Mr Banda has been arrested in connection with the possession of five (5) vehicles, a Toyota Prado registration number ABZ 1661, Toyota Prado registration number ABR 9874, Toyota Harrier registration number ALB 3619, Toyota Surf registration number ABG 9009 and Toyota Cresta registration ABX 1408 “reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime.”

In the second count, Mr Banda is alleged to have been in possession of cash amounting to K100,800,000 “reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime.”

Mr Banda, who has been released on bond, will appear in court on August 30, 2012.

And Mr Banda’s lawyer Rabson Malipenga told journalists in an interview that his client has been released on K50 million bail, in his own recognisance.

Meanwhile, Mr Banda, a former MMD Lusaka Province chairman, attacked a MUVI television cameraman on arrival at Woodlands police station.

Mr Banda was seemingly angered by the presence of journalists and particularly the MUVI TV cameraman who was filming him.

He confronted the cameraman and attempted to grab his equipment. However, quick action by some police officers interrupted Mr Banda’s action.

Mr Banda was then ushered into the police station and formally arrested.