Rwanda National Police (RNP) last Friday handed over a Kenyan registered vehicle that was stolen and recovered in Rwanda.

The vehicle, original registration number KCG 780W, is believed to have been stolen in Kenya and transported to DR Congo.

It was later recovered in Rwanda bearing Congolese registration numbers 2174AC/20.

The vehicle was handed over to Nelson Munga and Police constable Winnie Jebet, who represented the Kenyan police, at the RNP headquarters in Kacyiru.

It was reported that the vehicle went missing from Kenya on December 5 last year and was later found registered under the name of a one Samanji Sakina.

The vehicle was intercepted at Bugarama common border post with DR Congo destined Kisangani region in DR Congo.

While handing over the vehicle, the Commissioner of Interpol at RNP, Peter Karake, noted that Interpol’s I-24/7 communication system has fundamentally changed the way the global law enforcement community works jointly to combat such sophisticated transnational crimes.

He thanked the Kenyan police for the joint investigations and noted that Rwanda will never be a haven for stolen material.

"We received information from Interpol-Kenya about the theft and that robbers could have used Rwanda as a transit to DR Congo and we started investigations that led to the interception of the vehicle,” Karake said.

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