Theft and Burglary in my Community

There have been some recent cases of robbery and theft in my Community for the past two months. On Sundays and at night, thiefs break into houses and shops and steals their properties and money. Many have run into debt because of this. I have heard of many cases where these robbers would break into shops and rob them of their sales and business money, including loan. It's very unfortunate. Another case I heard is of a woman who sell cloths; shirts and Jean trousers. Burglars break into her shop in the middle of the night and stole her cloths worth $200. Just a week ago, one of them was caught and arrested. He had gone into the house as usual while the family are not around. He is not aware that the husband is close to the house, he removed their plasma television and other things, he even packed their eggs from the kitchen 😂😂 but got caught red-handed and arrested by the police. It didn't end with that, robbery cases on homes and shops continue to spread like a wild fire. These robbery cases are very close to the area I live that I became scared of staying at home alone.

While we were in church for service this week, a man had to rush home to check his house because he was called that there's another robbery attack in his area. The service ended and we all got into the car to go home. Just as we are about to reach out house, we saw crowds forming up and a police vehicle from a distance. We had to park to know what's going on. A man informed us that the thief had been caught, he has been dealt with by the local vigilantes of the community who caught him. He was beaten up blue black and was stripped naked, they paraded him round the community and people shouted "thief" "thief" on him. How he was caught was thanks to a man who went home early on that Sunday and called the vigilantes. For the whole day, news and videos of this naked thief filled the social media.

When the police interrogated him, they found out that he was from another state/town. He came with a car with an accomplice but he was the only one caught. They found more than 30 phones and laptops in his house and many other stolen items. He admitted that, he sells them as "second hand" materials in "Ibadan".

I suspected that there is a mole somewhere, there's no way an outsider will know the nooks and crannies of the community without an informant.

My Final Thought on this:

How come he had the audacity to come from somewhere else and rob in another community? He has no job? Has he been doing this for long? The moment he was stripped naked and beaten, has he ever thought of the punishment and the level of disgrace he would receive if he got caught before indulging into such? What is the real motive behind stealing and robbery. Is it poverty? Or greed? Or anything else. Would like to hear your thought on this?

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