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On Sunday, January 1, Police in Gisagara District recovered a motorcycle, which was stolen recently in Huye District.
The motorcycle TVS, registration number RD 265E, was recovered in Ryamakuri Village, Rwanza Cell in Save Sector.
The prime suspects are still on the run, according to Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Emmanuel Habiyaremye, the Police spokesperson for the Southern region.
"The motorcycle was reported stolen on December 26, last year after thieves broke into the house at night, where it was kept, in Tumba Sector of Huye District.
Police has since been working with local leaders and the public to recover it and to arrest the suspected thieves, until January 1, when a resident of Ryamakuri Village in Gisagara District called the Police after spotting the same motorcycle," CIP Habiyaremye said.
At the time, the prime suspect, who is still on the run, was learning how to ride a motorcycle before fleeing after he saw the Police.
The motorcycle was handed over to RIB at Ngoma station as the search for the suspected thieves is still underway.
Article 166 of law determining offences and penalties in general states that; any person convicted of theft is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years and a fine of not less than Frw1 million and not more than Frw2 million, community service in a period of six (6) months or only one of these penalties.
In article 167, the penalty for theft doubles if the offender committed the crime through burglary, climbing or possession of keys other than the owner; the theft is carried out during the night or the theft is carried out by more than one (1) person.
