Three suspects arrested after Bambous looting; 3 million seized
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
A 47-year-old man, described as a suspected major drug trafficker, was arrested in Bambous with his mother and a 23-year-old woman in an investigation into stolen goods from looting. Items worth more than three million rupees were seized and damage to businesses is estimated at around 12 million, according to Le Défi Quotidien.
Three members of the same family have been arrested in Bambous, Mauritius, as part of an investigation into recent looting and burglaries in the area. Police seized items suspected of being stolen from their home, worth more than three million rupees, according to information obtained by Le Défi Quotidien and reported by Defimedia.
The operation was carried out on Friday 16 October in Cité La Ferme by the Bambous Criminal Investigation Division, supported by the Mauritius Police Force’s Special Support Unit. Those arrested were a 47-year-old man, his 66-year-old mother and a 23-year-old woman. They appeared in the Weekend Court the following day, where they were provisionally charged and remanded in custody.
Investigators are seeking to establish whether some of the items came from the looting of a shopping centre, whose managers estimate the damage at around 12 million rupees, or from a burglary at Bambous Cooperative Store Society Ltd. Goods worth an estimated 512,000 rupees were taken there. The investigation is also seeking to determine whether the seized items are linked to other incidents reported in the west of the island.
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