The national police, in collaboration with the population, arrested and brought before the Pô prosecutor's office on August 21, 2024, two alleged bandit-thieves.Two alleged bandit-thieves who were disturbing the peace of the managers of shops and food stores in the town of Pô, were apprehended by the national police of the city.According to the central police commissioner of the city of Pô, Baba Koro, the modus operandi of the defendants consisted of one of entertaining the manager of the establishment by making him believe that they wanted to take several items and the other, posted near the cash register, of extracting the money.Once the robbery is done, the cop explains, they will tell the victim that they will come back to collect their goods. It is only later that she will realize that she has been robbed.According to Baba Koro, it was following a complaint from a victim who identified one of the thieves that the police set out in pursuit of the criminals."We arrested them in a shop where they were preparing to carry out their work," said the police commissioner, who added that the two accomplices, repeat offenders and all living in Ouagadougou, had admitted to the facts with which they were charged.According to Mr. Koro, at least seven traders testified to being victims of these two bandit-thieves, for an amount of approximately 2 million five hundred thousand francs.The national police have called on traders and the public to remain vigilant and to report any suspected cases of theft to numbers 16-17 and 1010.Source: Burkina Information Agency
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