Nshimiyimana was arrested in Muhima Sector of Nyarugenge District following the foul-play detected by the camera system and related investigations, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rene Irere, the spokesperson for Traffic and Road Safety (TRS) department said.
“The suspect was arrested after it was established that he changed his vehicle registration numbers from RAE 710F to RAE 718P. He used a marker pen to change figure 0 to 8 and modified letter F to become P. This was an intentional criminal practice to attempt to conceal the plate numbers from being detected by the cameras and fined for speeding,” said SSP Irene.
According to SSP Irere, Nshimiyimana committed the alleged criminal act on November 27, when he drove from Rubavu District to Kigali.
“A long Rubavu-Kigali route, he was captured 10 times by the cameras for speeding. Let motorists know that these are hi-tech cameras which facilitate to detect such criminal practices and to identify suspects to face the law,” SSP Irere warned.
Article 276 of the law determining offences and penalties in general states that, any person who, in any manner, forges or alters documents by forged signature or fingerprint, falsifying documents or signatures or impersonation, forging agreements, its provisions, obligations, or discharged obligations, commits an offence.
Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than five (5) years but not more than seven (7) years and a fine of not less than Rwf3 million and not more than Rwf5 million or only one of these penalties.
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