Three suspects referred to prosecutor after phone thefts in Dakar
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
Three people, including main suspect A. Ndiaye, were referred to the prosecutor after several phone thefts in Dakar. Dakar’s Research Section arrested A. Ndiaye, then detained suspected receivers at Colobane market, according to Libération as reported by Seneweb.
Dakar’s Research Section (SR) opened an investigation after several reports of phone thefts carried out using the same modus operandi, Libération reports. The main suspect, A. Ndiaye, approached his victims in public places and asked them to lend him their phones, claiming he wanted to show them to a relative interested in buying a similar device.
After retrieving the devices, A. Ndiaye gave the victims an empty pouch and asked them to wait nearby or follow him into a house, before disappearing with the phones, according to Libération. The people interviewed as part of the investigation said they had been under a supposed mystical influence at the time of the incidents.
A. Ndiaye’s confessions led investigators to detain suspected receivers at Colobane market, Libération reports. A. Ndiaye, M. Ba and C. Ndoaye were referred to the prosecutor for criminal conspiracy, theft, fraud and receiving stolen goods.
The investigation was conducted by Dakar’s Research Section following the increase in reports, according to Libération.
