Santa bike riders lay hands on thieves

By Stephen TADAHA

Commercial Bikers from Santa in the North West Rgion, have delivered two suspected thieves specialised in the theft of motorcycles, to the Babadjou Gendarmerie brigade in exchange of one of their stolen bikes which was found and held at the brigade unit.

The barter took place at the premises of the Babadjou Gendarmerie brigade on Tuesday May 7, 2024. Elements of the National Gendarmerie had intercepted the bike at the Babadjou control post and it happened to be one of the over 16 bikes which had gone missing in Santa in just a week.

The bikers from Santa say when they got the news, and in the process of regaining their bike, they were asked to bring the suspects whom they already had in hand.

” 3 bikes were stolen in Santa on Sunday and we had vibes that the bikes are here in Babadjou. This adds to over 10 others that were stolen in a week.” Their leader told us.

It is when the suspect was brought to book that identification procedures were carried out to handover the bike to its rightful owner meantime the search for other missing bikes is ongoing by competent authorities.

” I’m really happy getting back my bike. It is thanks my colleagues and collaboration with security forces that I got it back. It’s really good news ” the owner told us.

The suspects according to sources, are members of a gang specialized in the theft of bikes from Santa and its surroundings, to other cities where they liquidate them.

Before handing them over to security forces, the suspects were served mob justice to near death, are being exploited for further clarifications.