A summary of recent crimes and crime-related events:

Food stolen from warehouse in Juba

Displaced people living in the Juba suburb Mangaten Hai 107 on Wednesday night allegedly broke into a food store managed by the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, stealing 84 bags of flour.

One of the warehouse staff said community leaders of the displaced approached him asking to hand them keys the store. The approximately 6000 displaced living in the area are composed mainly from those who fled the UN 'PoC' sites in Juba after a fight broke out among the IDPs within the protection site last month.

The purpose of the break-in is said to have been to provide new arrivals with the stolen food. A team member from RRC criticized this saying, “How can you break the store and distribute food at night?”

Two soldiers arrested for carjackings

Two soldiers suspected of carjacking vehicles in Juba last week have been arrested, according to a report by Eye Radio. The Juba-based FM station reproted that police suspected the soldiers in connection with the theft of a car belonging to the Ministry of Animal Resources in Munuki suburb and the carjacking of another car belonging to Healthlink in Gudele. The mobile police unit 777 says it has recovered the cars. The team leader of the unit, Col Mangar Makeny, says the suspects were arrested at a hotel in Juba and have been detained at the heaquarters of Tiger Division, the presidential guard.

Governor endorses community policing in Yambio

The Western Equatoria governor addressed a workshop on community policing in Wau organized by Saferworld, UNDP and UNMISS. The governor told trainees that they should not consider themselves as professional police but rather as community volunteers. Yambio County Commissioner Hussein Enoka explained that Yambio town is now divided into eight sectors, 32 blocks with 20 community policing members in each block to monitor security.

Food shortage at Agok prison

People detained at Agok Police Station are complaining they don’t have enough food, according to a report by Abyei Today. The police say they lack the money to feed people being held at the prison. They urged the local court to send people who have been sentenced to Ayen Prison in Turalei, where they can get food and other services. One of the prisoners, 27-year old Bakhit, said she had been held for 11 days after being convicted of stealing furniture and cooking items. She said she had to rely on food handouts from other inmates.

Related:

Crime roundup, 18 June

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