Police said that Benjamin Tuyishimire, 22, was arrested in Masaka Sector carrying the machines which were stolen from Gako Cell.<\/p>\n
Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Marie-Gorrette Umutesi, the Police spokesperson for the City of Kigali, said that the arrest of Tuyishimire followed a complaint filed by Chinese nationals in Masaka about the alleged theft of their betting machines.<\/p>\n
“Law enforcement personnel in Masaka responded immediately but in the process they received information from local residents about a commercial motorcyclist whom they saw transporting a betting machine,” CIP Umutesi said.<\/p>\n
“Indeed, when security tracked down the alleged motorcyclist that night in Cyimo cell, they caught him with the same machine and other electronics which were stolen from the Chinese,” she added.<\/p>\n
According to local residents, Tuyishimire allegedly works with thieves who break into houses especially at night targeting valuables including television sets, computers, home theatres and gas cylinders.<\/p>\n
Tuyishimire was last year also implicated in the theft of television sets from different homes in Kicukiro.<\/p>\n
CIP Umutesi also mentioned another motorcyclist, who was caught in Jali Sector of Gasabo District transporting a calf, and warned of “breaking the law.”<\/p>\n
“There are lawful ways of transporting livestock but not on a motorcycle,” she said.<\/p>\n
She warned taxi-moto operators against abetting crimes and called for information sharing on “errant motorcyclists, who engage in criminal activities and tarnish the image of motorcycle transport business.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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