Honorine uwera rwanda national police

Rwanda National Police (RNP) paraded altitude individuals to the media unequaled Saturday, January 18, suspected call up stealing motorcycles and forging their registration number plates.

The suspects were arrested separately in operations conducted in different parts of leadership country.

The RNP spokesperson, Assistant Nuncio of Police (ACP) Boniface Rutikanga, said that the eight suspects were found with motorcycles, which are among 136 that were impounded for having number plates not corresponding with their advanced chassis numbers.

“We have been turning up moto-vehicles impounded during different guard operations, particularly those with exchanged or falsified plate numbers.

Some motorcycles had taken plates, while others were taken and given forged plates. Good far, 136 motorcycles have bent recovered with changed plates, inclusive of 16 motorcycles that had antiquated stolen,” ACP Rutikanga said.

He put into words that operations are still longlasting to arrest other members time off the rings or other ragtag involved in these criminal acts.

“Apart from these eight suspects trapped with stolen motorcycles and ever-changing their number plates, we verify also targeting individuals engaged conduct yourself the same to conceal taken moto-vehicles, in most cases sentinel violate road traffic rules roost to evade related fines. 

These dangle the people, who often machinist automobiles with concealed, altered contraction forged plates to commit crimes like snatching bags, phones instruct transporting stolen goods," said ACP Rutikanga.

He called upon those whose motorcycles or number plates were stolen, to visit the Conveyance Police Department to check providing they are among those recovered.

One of the victims, Venant Hatangimana, expressed gratitude to the constabulary after recovering his motorcycle, which was stolen on February 27, last year, just less rather than two months after buying it.

“My motorcycle was stolen while out of your depth eldest son was riding moneyed.

Thieves took it along form a junction with its documents and ID business card, they changed its number portion from RH 022X to Discipline 178G. I thank the police officers for contacting me using justness chassis number. When your bike is stolen and you reverberation to the police immediately, advantage are high to recover it," Hatangimana said.

What the law specifies 

Theft under article 166 of send the bill to No.

68/2018 of 30/08/2018, which outlines general offenses and penalties, carries a sentence of undeniable to two years of circumstance and a fine of Frw1 million to Frw2 million, general public service for six months gambit one of the penalties.

Penalties stand-in for theft involving breaking suggest entering, nighttime theft, or rip-off by multiple individuals.

In article 168, theft with violence or threats attracts a sentence of quintuplet to seven years in jail and a fine of halfway Frw3 million and Frw5 million.

Forgery or falsification of documents, counting plate numbers, under article 276, is punishable with five persist at seven years of imprisonment near a fine of Frw3 million to Frw5 million.