Police
in the Kanifing have arrested one Gibril Jallow, a 31 year-old Gambian, who was
deported from the U.S. last year for allegedly attempting to rob EJ Foreign
Exchange Bureau in Kololi, The Point has learned.
The
suspect, a native of Sibanor village has been charged with attempted robbery
and going armed in public. He was helping the police in their investigation.
Speaking
to journalists on Thursday at the Kololi Police Station, the officer
commanding, Serrekunda, Spt. Foday Fofana said the attempted robbery happens at
around 15. 00 hours on Wednesday at Kololi New Road.
The
suspect, Spt. Fofana added, together with one Alasana Jallow alias (Mike) came
to the EJ Financial Service Bureau as normal costumers pretending to change
D300 to Euros.
“But
when the agent (Tida Darboe) told them she didn’t change dalasis into Euros,
the suspect (Gibril Jallow) entered the bureau and took out a knife and threatened for the agent
to hand over the Euros to him otherwise consequences would follow,” he stated.
According
to Spt. Fofana, the suspect who was at large also took out a knife, then the
agent Tida started screaming and the neighbours started coming.
According to him, the suspects threatened to
stab them.
“The other accuse person (Alasan Jallow)
managed to escape. However, they were able to get hold of Gibril Jallow and
disarmed him and then called the police,” he explained.
Spt.
Fofana hailed the role played by the community of Kololi in the arrest of the
suspect and called on other communities to emulate their efforts.
Friday, April 27, 2018
Author: Momodou Jawo, The Point Newspaper
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