The suspects were arrested red-handed breaking into a house in Ngugo village, Byahi cell, Rubavu sector, according to Superintendent of Police (SP) Bonaventure Twizere Karekezi, the Police spokesperson for the Western region.
He identified the suspects as Emmanuel Niyomugabo, Shukuru Abdoul and Jean Damascene Ntirenganya.
“The three suspected burglars were trying to break into the house of the resident on Tuesday at about 3am. One of them had entered the house and two others stayed outside. The would-be victim called the Police reporting two men, who were outside his house at that time, but was not aware that one of them had already entered his house,” SP Karekezi explained.
“When Police responded to the call, the two men who were standing outside fled. When the third suspect came out of the house with a flat television screen, he gave it to police officers who were standing outside the fence thinking that he was giving it to his colleagues, that’s how he was arrested. He helped police officers to locate and arrest his two accomplices who had fled,” he added.
He said that Police also recovered other two stolen flat television screens from the house of Niyomugabo and traditional tools which they were using to break doors and windows to steal, including knives, hammer, and screw drivers.
The suspects along with the exibits were handed over to RIB for further investigation
Article 166 of law determining offences and penalties in general states that; any person convicted of theft is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years and a fine of not less than Rwf1 million and not more than Rwf2 million, community service in a period of six (6) months or only one of these penalties.
In article 167, the penalty for theft doubles if the offender committed the crime through burglary, climbing or possession of keys other than the owner; the theft is carried out during the night or the theft is carried out by more than one (1) person.
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