W. Bahr el Ghazal police security equiped

January 7, 2015 (WAU) – The police force in South Sudan's Western Bahr el Ghazal state have received nine horses from neighbouring Sudan for security purposes. “The nine horses, including others still on the way would be trained on how to peruse and arrest criminals within and outside the town,” the state police commissioner,...

January 7, 2015 (WAU) – The police force in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal state have received nine horses from neighbouring Sudan for security purposes.

“The nine horses, including others still on the way would be trained on how to peruse and arrest criminals within and outside the town,” the state police commissioner, Abraham Manyuat told reporters on Wednesday.

“The horses will cover the market and night patrol, including crowded places and handled by well trained experts,” he added.

The move, Manyuat stressed, would curb increasing crime cases in the state.

“There are many policemen who had been working with the Sudan government and have more knowledge about using these horses, having got advance training on how to uses the animals,” he said.

This is, however, the first time horses are being used by police to track criminals.

(ST)