By Alusine Fullah
Police in Waterloo raid hideouts of a dangerous thief, Abdulai Mansaray, at Morabi Community in Joe Town, Waterloo. The thief was also arrested during the raid.
The young man was said by the police to have broken two separate merchandise stores at 555, Old Road, Lumpa, Waterloo and stole various items worth Two Hundred and Forty Million Leones old denomination (Le 240,000,000/00).”
This is not the first theft that has happened in that area with shop owners making a lot of complaints about their stores being ransacked by burglars during the night.
The owners have called on the police on several occasions to protect their property in those communities giving the police the red alert for serious concern to be taken on anyone seen suspicious.
At the raid, there were several assorted items that were recovered including charms and amulets used by thieves during break-ins.
The police stated that “A quantity of soft and hard drinks was recovered from a store used by the burglars at 555, Lumpa, Waterloo. Some charms and amulets used during break-ins were surrendered to the Operations Team by the burglar.”
For the past two years or months, Waterloo has witnessed a barrage of criminal cases. As a result of this, the National Security Sector of Sierra Leone has declared Waterloo a hotspot for criminal activities, murder, land cases, and destruction of government properties. Thesecurity sector in Sierra Leone during the weekend engaged stakeholders in the Waterloo and Ward C community to discuss the way forward to tackle lawlessness, indiscipline and the spate of criminal activities in the Western Rural District of Freetown. They said the community is declared unsafe and prone to criminal activities based on assessment survey conducted a year ago by the Office of National Security (ONS).
