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Six suspected gangs terrorizing Juba’s PoC3 arrested

Author: Nyathong William | Published: January 14, 2025

Juba's Internally Displaced Persons Camp located along Juba-Yei road | Credit | Courtesy

Six suspected criminals have been arrested in connection with the recent robbery within the Protection of Civilians’ Site 3 in Juba, according to the camp chairma.

This comes after the police launched a series of patrol following last week’s complains by the IDPs about recurrent armed robbery at PoC3.

At the weekend, an eyewitness who identified himself as only Ujum reported masked armed men  shot a man in the back while at a charging station. The unnamed victim survived after he was rushed to the hospital.

Ujum had appealed to police to deploy forces to curb the looting and violence in their area.

Speaking to Eye Radio on Tuesday morning, PoC3 Chairman, Elijah Hon said six suspected criminals have been arrested following a police crack down in the past four days.

“Four days ago we patrol POC-3 together with the police and we arrested some of the perpetrators. The police saw them and they were caught with their guns, they were 6.

“The police who are staying at the checkpoint are the ones who came to patrol with us . The (police) section 5 in Amadi  joined us in patrolling and these are the people  arrested these criminals”, he said.

Hon said following the arrest of the suspect culprits,  the PoC 3 has been peaceful and free of crimes. “We have 4 days now without crimes, we have peace now”, he added.

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