Police Launch Manhunt For Two Thugs Caught on CCTV Camera Vandalising SGR Transformers

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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) are looking for two thugs who were captured on Saturday night, 18th December on CCTV, vandalizing Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) transformers.

According to the sleuths, the two armed with spanners were vandalizing a key power supply unit in Makindu, when a signal was received by detectives manning the SGR system remotely.

”A contingent of officers based at Makindu and Emali police stations was dispatched to arrest the thugs, who immediately dashed to nearby thickets on noticing the beaming lights of a fast approaching police land cruiser. Unbeknownst to the thugs, the transformers fitted with a round-the-clock surveillance system had already sent their images to our command centre,” the DCI said in a statement.

The DCI has warned members of the public that vandalizing or tampering with the railway infrastructure would attract charges related to Economic Sabotage and Terrorism.

“As detectives profile the suspects to suffer the consequences of their actions, we wish to inform the public that the railway is a critical national infrastructure under 24/7 surveillance.”

The incident comes a few weeks after the detectives arrested two people for the vandalism of railway gauge blocks.

Michael Mbevi and Nicodemus Kyove were busted following a tip-off from a member of the public.

The two were accused of vandalizing the SGR line in Mtito Andei on 22nd November leading to a two-hour delay on a passenger train.

Detectives managed to recover railway line blocks that had been vandalized on the section.

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