A “huge search” is underway in Nandi South after a gang waited for a window of opportunity to steal three deadly weapons in a police station after officers on duty left the post and went to enjoy a UEFA Champions League match at a nearby trading centre.
Police fear that the weapons now under people prohibited from possessing guns could later use them to injure and kill.
It is alleged that when the officers returned from watching the match late in the night, they discovered that the room of the officer-in-charge, which also serves as an armoury, was open. They walked in to find the steel box, in which firearms are kept, broken.
How did you know exactly the number of round of ammunition and firearms??what is your intentions on the officers who were on duty at the time incident occurred?— McOdiya Junior. (@mcodiya) April 17, 2019.
The thieves stole three rifles, with magazines of 20 rounds of ammunition each. They left behind only two magazines with 17 and 20 rounds.
The scene was visited by the Nandi South OCPD, OCS and AP Commander.
Search and investigations are underway to recover the stolen firearms and nab the suspects.
Should police leave post to watch football?