Khartoum State Police continues efforts to prevent and dry up crime in the greater Khartoum locality
The Khartoum locality continued its efforts and campaigns aimed at preventing the occurrence of crime and drying up its sources within the detailed plans of the state police to resolve the negative phenomena and disturb the public safety and tranquility.
The Minister of the Interior and the Director-General of the Police Forces meet the spread of the police force
First Lieutenant-General Izzeldin Sheikh Ali Mansur, Minister of Interior, inspected this morning the police forces deployed in the state of Khartoum, to secure the processions announced today, and was accompanied by Lieutenant-General Khaled Mahdi Ibrahim, Director General and Director of Khartoum State Police.
Arrest and arrest of one of the most dangerous repeat offenders
In a new achievement, Umbada local police managed to arrest a repeat offender in the act of stealing a cash amount of 3,450,000 pounds from a merchant in the Libyan market, and also seized a machete used in looting. It is worth noting that the accused is considered one of…
Drug trafficker intercepted in Lake Kivu
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Police said that Bertin Bagiriwabo Sembeba, 59, who was trafficking the narcotics in a boat from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was intercepted by fishermen at about 5:30am as he encroached on the shores of the lake at Kirambo landing site in Kanjongo Sector.Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Emmanuel Kayigi, the Police spokesperson for the Western region, said that the sack of cannabis weighed 36kgs.
CIP Kayigi added that Bagiriwabo was identified by the fishermen in the wee hours and called Police in Nyamasheke."Fishermen in zone three in Lake Kivu got information that Bagiriwabo was trafficking cannabis from DR Congo and would use their zone to cross to Nyamasheke. They intercepted him as they awaited the arrival of Police, which they had called earlier before," CIP Kayigi said.It is said that Bagiriwabo, who has been implicated and wanted for related criminal acts in the past, was delivering the narcotics in Mubirori cell, Kirimbi sector in Nyamasheke."He had been implicated in the past as one of the major drug traffickers, and finally his luck has run out with the help of fishermen, who are actually playing a great community policing role in fighting crimes committed within or through Lake Kivu, including smuggling and illegal fishing," the spokesperson said.Any person convicted for "severe drugs", under article 263 of the penal code, faces between 20 years and life in prison and a fine of up to Rwf30 million.
