Two women in veil have been detained for shoplifting days after they were caught on CCTV shoplifting in a clothing store in Serrekunda. 

“The suspects have now been identified and arrested,” the police said in a statement, adding they “received a complaint that over D200,000 was stolen from a garment shop at Serrekunda market.”

“Preliminary investigations revealed the two veiled suspects to be Kumba Secka and Mai Baldeh. 

“During investigations, Police also recovered some One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Thousand and Fifty Dalasis (D128, 050) and several new clothes bought by the duo probably from the stolen money,” the police said.

“The Inspector General of Police urges people to desist from stealing and all forms of crime particularly as we draw closer to the Koriteh feast.”

Reporting by Adama Makasuba