By: Problyn J Alpha
Residents of koidu City kono District especially victims of mobile phone theft have described the scientific support department or cyber unit of the Tankoro police divisional Headquarters in koidu City kono District as the pride of the Sierra Leone police force.
Those who spoke to this medium maintained that, since the establishment of the scientific support department or cyber unit at the Tankoro police divisional headquarters in koidu City kono District with detective police sergeant 11322 Conteh Maruwan Mohamed in charge, mobile phone theft has become a fruitless social menace among thieves because whenever phones are stolen, the aforementioned incharge with his professional skills has been tracing and retrieving all stolen phones reported at his unit thereby putting the watch words of the Sierra Leone police force “A force for good ” on a sound footing. The mobile phone crime buster as he is fondly called has strictly advised mobile phone owners and potential phone users to always keep safe their MMI numbers which he described as the secret to track all stolen mobile phones.
Detective police sergeant Conteh intimated A-Z that the services of his unit is free of cost, noting it is part of the constitutional responsibility of the Sierra Leone police force to protect lives and property of the citizenry.
It could be recalled that the following local and national authorities are people whose sophisticated mobile phones were stolen but later traced and retrieved: The local government minister Tamba Lamina, Hon. Rebecca Sam, paramount chief member of Parliament Paul Gabba Saquee among many others.
