Rwanda National Police

Police is holding two men accused of stealing and dismantling a Toyota Hilux belonging to one Landouard Harindintwari. 

The suspects identified as Jean Karangwa and Sudi Ndereyimana were apprehended on September 12 following a vehicle theft report filed by Harindintwari to Rwanda National Police.

According to Harindintwari, he parked his car at Voice of Hope radio station in Kacyiru, Gasabo District, at around 10:00am seeking a service there, but couldn't find his car in the parking lot, when he came out.

Harindintwari immediately notified police officers who mounted investigations and found the car dismantled a few kilometers from Voice of Hope radio stations.

 “The victim filed a case around 1300hrs and by around 1900hrs we had found the vehicle and tracked the suspected thieves. The suspects were dismantling the car and taking it in parts to Biryogo suburb - Nyarugenge District,” said the acting central regional police spokesperson, CIP Richard Iyaremye.

The two suspects were at the time of arrest found selling the vehicle parts to one Emmanuel Minani, who owns a spare parts shop in Biryogo.

Police also apprehended Minani on grounds of being an accomplice for buying stolen items, Police said.

“The vehicle has since been reassembled and returned to the owner. We warn anybody who may involve themselves in this kind of malpractice that the long arm of the law will catch up with them. Also we urge the public and businessmen to avoid purchasing used items that maybe stolen,” he said.

According to article 300 of the penal code, 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.