Rwanda National Police

Rwanda National Police (RNP) on August, 18, handed over a Kenyan vehicle that was stolen and recovered in Rwanda.

The vehicle whose original registration numbers were KCG 780W is believed to have been stolen in Kenya and transported to the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was later recovered in Rwanda bearing Congolese registration numbers 2174AC/20.

The vehicle was handed over to Inspector Nelson Munga and Police constable Winnie Jebet who represented the Kenyan police at the RNP headquarters in Kacyiru.

It was reported that the vehicle went missing from Kenya on December 05, last year and was later found registered in the names of one Samanji Sakina.

The vehicle was intercepted at Bugarama common border post with DRC destined to Kisangani region.

Recovered vehicle.

While handing over the vehicle, the Commissioner of Interpol at RNP, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Peter Karake noted  that Interpol’s – I-24/7 communication system has fundamentally changed the way the global law enforcement community works jointly to combat such sophisticated transnational crimes.

He thanked the Kenyan police for the joint investigations and noted that Rwanda will never be a heaven for stolen material.

"We received information from Interpol Kenya about the theft and that robbers could have used Rwanda as a transit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and we started investigations that led to the interception of the vehicle," ACP Karake said.