Rwanda National Police (RNP) has hailed public partnership in information sharing particularly in reporting crimes.

This follows separate successful operations based on information provided by the public, in which various illegal goods and illicit substance were seized and suspected arrested.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Richard Iyaremye, Police spokesperson for the City of Kigali, said that through community policing, people have understood their role in fighting and preventing crimes by sharing instant information with police on unlawful acts.

"For example, we received a phone call from a man recently reporting his wife that he had continued to go against his advice to traffic and sell narcotic drugs and when officers went there, they actually found the woman in possession of 500 rolls of cannabis,” Supt. Iyaremye said.

"The partnership is down to the household level and as Police, we value the existing collaboration with the people, their role in community policing and crime prevention in general,” he added.

He cautioned the public against drug related crimes and other illegal dealings, adding that Police will continue its crackdown on such people.

"Fighting drug abuse in among the priorities of Rwanda National Police and we will stop at nothing to ensure that all drug traffickers are apprehended. Narcotic are a threat to life and they interfere with security and safety measures within any given community. It is therefore imperative that we all join hands to protect our communities from this scourge.”

He noted that the fight will also include increased community awareness, snap checks, mapping out hotspots, community policing committees, youth volunteers in community policing among others, to break the supply chain.

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