Police in Nyamagabe District has arrested three men in connection with theft of a 50-meter long electrical cable belonging to Energy Utility Corporation Limited (EUCL).
The suspects identified as Jean de Dieu Nsanzimfura, Peter Mbanjineza, and François Ndicunguye, were arrested on June 29, following police investigations into series of electric cables theft in the district.
Reacting to the arrest, the District Police Commander (DPC), Superintendent of Police (SP) François Segakware said, “Recently, EUCL filed a case of theft of electric cables in different places. We immediately started investigations and we recovered a 50-metre long high voltage cable at Nsanzimfura’s house.”
Upon recovering the cables, police initiated tracking operations and arrested other three suspects who are believed to be Involved.
The DPC went on to say that a complaint filed by EUCL indicated that, the total length of cables stolen were 300 meters in different places.
The three suspects are held at Gasaka police station as police investigation in the case proceeds.
“These infrastructures are meant to support community development and the country in general; vandalizing them means slowing down development, which we must stop at cost,” SP Segakware
He appealed to the general public to protect jealously such public facilities and always report to police anyone they see digging them up or trying to cut them.
The suspects risk a jail sentence of up to two years if found guilty as stipulated by article 300 of the penal code.
The article states that, “Any person who commits theft without violence or threat shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of six months to two years and a fine of two to five times the value of the stolen property or one of these penalties.”
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