Police in Ndirande have arrested Dickson Mike for supplying counterfeit and defective Nyika Still Water to a shop.

On February 28, 2022, Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) registered a complaint against Universal Industries Ltd’s Nyika still Water bought at a shop in Ndirande, which had foreign bodies and caused stomachache after consumption.

Having showed different batch numbers, the shop owner in Ndirande was asked to trace the supplier of the Still Water being sold at his shop, and this led to the arrest of Dickson Mike.

Investigations showed that Mike was refilling the used Nyika Still Water bottles from Universal Industries with tap water.

The still water also bore Nyika Still Water plastic seals which looked to have originated from Universal Industries Limited. This proved that the product was not only a counterfeit one, but also a defective one being packed by an unscrupulous trader.

The malpractice of supply of dangerous or defective commodities is against section 39 of the Malawi Bureau of Standards Act (Cap 51:02) and attracts a penalty of K1 million and a sentence of 1 year‘s imprisonment as per section 44 of the Act.