This Sunday afternoon, May 8, 2022, the police proceeded to the arrest of one of the kidnappers of 400 Mawozo and the release of a young boy aged 19 who was kidnapped, in Beudet 7, commune of Croix-des-Bouquets.
It was 2 hours and 15 minutes when the police officers from the Departmental Order Maintenance Unit (UDMO) / OUEST2 and a patrol from the Croix-des-Bouquets Public Security (SPCBQ), started this operation by deploying professional tactics allowing the release of the hostage. This young boy was kidnapped since Thursday May 5, 2022, from his home in Beudet 7 by four (4) unidentified armed bandits.
During the police intervention, the named Jephthah Joseph, aged 21, one of the kidnappers who was monitoring the hostage was arrested by the police.
This individual is kept in custody before being transferred in the following minutes to the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ).