Giving annual report in Dar es Salaam yesterday, The Police Zone Commander, Mr Simon Sirro said all the accused have appeared before the court serving various offences.
“Armed robbery cases have decreased from 204 last year to 127 this year, which is equal to 37.7 per cent,” he said.
On the side of rape and sodomy cases, Commander Sirro said such case increase may be the result of various awareness programmes and campaigns taken by the government and other stakeholders to end women and children violence, hence members of the public now report the cases compared to previous years.
Murder cases have decreased by 11 per cent this year. 327 murder cases were reported last year compared to 291 cases reported in 2016.
Expounding further, Mr Sirro said out of 13,626 suspects arrested, 52 were found possessing 67 military weapons and 1,076 ammunitions, while 126 suspects were found with 75kg and 254g of khat. 7,625 suspects were found with 2,843kg and 78g of bhang, while 269 suspects were found with 3kg of cocaine and 1kg of heroine.
“We were able to apprehend 5,627 suspects in illegal dealings with illicit brew commonly known as ‘gongo’ and 8,547 litres of the illicit brew was destroyed while the culprits were dragged to court,” he said. The Dar es Salaam Special Zone, however, netted 105 illegal migrants from different countries with no permits of working or living in the country.
On the side of car theft cases, Mr Sirro pinpointed that the cases have decreased by 18.1 per cent from 392 to 321 cases reported this year. Similarly, ‘bodaboda’ robbery cases also declined from 2,644 cases to 2,191 cases, equivalent to 17.1 per cent.
“All these achievements were made possible by the efforts of our police officers and cooperation from members of the public who have provided confidential information that led to the capture of law breakers,” he remarked.
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