Prisoner Daringly Breaks Into Police Station, Steals Exhibits Valued At KSh 440k

• Frederick Yoba, an incarcerated individual, has been rearrested with fresh charges after burglarising a police station
• It is reported that Yoba unlawfully entered the police station where he had been assigned for community service and made off with items worth KSh 440,000.
• Following a thorough investigation, authorities traced the evidence to the accused, whom they found detained at a different police station for an unrelated case

A Zambian prisoner has been arrested and charged with theft after he allegedly broke into West Wood Police Station exhibit room and stole transformer components’ exhibits.

According to Mwebantu, Frederick Yoba from Mwembeshi Air Prison made away with the items worth K60, 000 (KSh 440,000).

Yoba was working around police station

A police statement indicates that the suspect allegedly broke into the government building between July 28 and 31 this year.

The individual, who was employed as a laborer at that time, is currently facing charges for unlawfully entering the exhibit room and committing the serious crime.

Investigations allege that the suspect has been posted at the station as a labourer when he committed the offence.

While disseminating his duties, the convict gained entry into the exhibit room in Chilanga at about 8am and stole the exhibits weighing 25kgs.

Public reactions

Among the items Yoba is accused of stealing are copper and aluminium wires owned by the government, all valued at KSh 440,000.

An inquiry led the investigators to the offender who was located at Mwembeshi Air Prison, where he was being held for a different case.

Chichi Kandulo:

"This is what happens when you are more scared of the outside world. Release date must have been approaching and umwine he has obviously made prison a home."

Mulenga RayMundo:

"That clearly shows that, the punishment he was given wasn't something that can change him rather make him more comfortable to commit more crimes."

Hastings Simudibu:

"He just thought of increasing his jail sentence after discovering how tough the economy is outside prison."

Jelita Kasenga

"If a person can steal from the police what hope do we have has civilians?"

Prisoner tries to escape prison

In another story, a man serving 15 years for murder tried to escape prison disguised as a sheep.

The Bolivian man named José Luis Callisaya Diaz attempted to escape from Chonchocoro, a maximum security prison, on February 4.

José, also known as "El Araña" meaning "the spider," used his fleece coat to disguise himself as a sheep.

Given the weather was cold, he thought the coat would give him good cover, however, authorities noticed he wasn't in his cell and found him crawling on the prison lawn.