Police in Remera, Kigali City, is holding five men in connection with theft of sixteen computers stolen from La Colombiere Secondary School. The recovered computers are valued at over Frw5m.
The arrested suspects have been identified as; Eric Kaneza, Theonest Nizeyimana, Emmanuel Nshimiyimana, Agustin Nzaragira and Jean Pierre Munzege.
According to Police in Remera, they received a tip off from a motorcycle taxi operator (names withheld for security reasons) about the stolen computers that were hidden in Batsinda village at Kagugu cell.
The witness told Police that, he saw several fellow Motorcycle taxi operators in the night of 21st while carrying computers. “They asked me to help them carry the computers”.
The witness agreed to be part of the activity on motive to find out where they store the computers and later report the matter to Police.
Asked how the computers were stolen, Agustin Nzaragira and Jean Pierre Munzege the Garsec security guards also among the arrested suspects said they had no idea how the door was forcefully opened.
Speaking to journalists at Remera Police Station, the Head Mistress Françoise Nyirantagorama lauded Police for helping recover the lost school computers.
“As usual, we locked the classrooms however, the following day, we found the door of the computer laboratory destroyed and discovered that some computers had gone missing”, Nyirantagorama said.
She accuses the security guards to have connived with the thieves to break into the school premises and take off the computers.
Police Spokesperson Superintendent Theos Badege attributed the arrest of the five men to the good collaboration with citizens.
Badege advised the youth to opt for income generating activities rather than engaging in unlawful activities that usually invite trouble.
He advised security guards proprietors to employ trusted people with more integrity.
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