Police officers in the National Capital District are using information to identify locations where criminals, vendors, and other petty crime criminals reside and move around in public places to commit offences within the city.
One of the locations that police had identified is the area at the back of the Four Mile bus stop where the abandoned casino is. According to police, it had confirmed that an old run-down hardware that is open where people move in there to consume liquor and do other illegal activities. Police also confirmed that the warehouse is opposite the old casino, and people gain entry from the bus stop to that area and from Big Rooster. It’s reported that parts of the fence have openings that give access to the vendors and criminals when they see police or steal from people to run into that location to hide.
National Capital District Metropolitan Superintendent Silva Sika confirmed that there are reports of other activities going on there, and police will try to find ways to address that. He said that since the property belonged to a person, the police moved in to raise awareness when they received information that one of the people who stole a phone on Sunday resided there.
He said when police arrived there, they were informed that the person who was identified for stealing the phone does not reside there anymore, but his parents reside there and do marketing at the raintree outside the casino.
“Most of the petty crimes are committed by people who do not have permanent residence, and that is one problem that needs to be addressed. People live along the drains, at vacant buildings, and at the shop fronts to do marketing at unauthorised locations and also steal from people who move around those locations. I want to thank the police officers and the wardens who made awareness there. We understand it’s private property, but when some commit an offence and run to that area police in hot pursuit will still go there, Sika said.
He also added that when police arrived at the casino premises, they were told not to go there because it’s a private private property. He said the police officers explained to the people living there that to prevent criminals and vendors from taking shortcuts there they must build proper fence to stop them.
He said he would find out from the authority who owns the vacant hardware and advise them to fence it off because it’s a breeding ground for illegal activities and criminals.
