{"id":56363,"date":"2024-04-15T07:13:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T07:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=56363"},"modified":"2024-04-15T06:52:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T06:52:23","slug":"police-arrest-21-nigerians-suspected-of-unlawful-possession-of-communication-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-arrest-21-nigerians-suspected-of-unlawful-possession-of-communication-devices","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest 21 Nigerians Suspected Of Unlawful Possession Of Communication Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Anti-Crime Unit of the Gambia Police Force on Saturday, April 13, 2024, took into custody twenty-one individuals of Nigerian nationality on charges of purportedly possessing communication devices illegally. According to a police statement, the operation was prompted by intelligence indicating suspicious activities within a residential apartment complex located in Sanchaba Sulay Jobe.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Following the arrest, law enforcement officials conducted a thorough search of the premises, uncovering an assortment of communication devices. Among the seized items were AFRICELL and QCELL GSM SIM cards, smartphones, iPhones, laptops, Rolex watches, routers, and a diamond tester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir arrest was followed by a detailed search of the residence, resulting in the recovery of various communication gadgets, including AFRICELL and QCELL GSM SIM cards, smartphones, iPhones, laptops, Rolex watches, routers, and a diamond tester,\u201d the police said.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into this incident is presently underway to ascertain the validity of the accusations and to determine appropriate charges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Anti-Crime Unit of the Gambia Police Force on Saturday, April 13, 2024, took into custody twenty-one individuals of Nigerian nationality on charges of purportedly possessing communication devices illegally. According to a police statement, the operation was prompted by intelligence indicating suspicious activities within a residential apartment complex located in Sanchaba Sulay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-56363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police Arrest 21 Nigerians Suspected Of Unlawful Possession Of Communication Devices - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Anti-Crime Unit of the Gambia Police Force on Saturday, April 13, 2024, took into custody twenty-one individuals ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-arrest-21-nigerians-suspected-of-unlawful-possession-of-communication-devices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Arrest 21 Nigerians Suspected Of Unlawful Possession Of Communication Devices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Anti-Crime Unit of the Gambia Police Force on Saturday, April 13, 2024, took into custody twenty-one individuals ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-arrest-21-nigerians-suspected-of-unlawful-possession-of-communication-devices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-15T07:13:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2024\/04\/sm_1713149852.937658.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-arrest-21-nigerians-suspected-of-unlawful-possession-of-communication-devices#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-arrest-21-nigerians-suspected-of-unlawful-possession-of-communication-devices\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police Arrest 21 Nigerians Suspected Of Unlawful Possession Of Communication Devices\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-15T07:13:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-arrest-21-nigerians-suspected-of-unlawful-possession-of-communication-devices\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-arrest-21-nigerians-suspected-of-unlawful-possession-of-communication-devices#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2024\/04\/sm_1713149852.937658.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-arrest-21-nigerians-suspected-of-unlawful-possession-of-communication-devices#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-arrest-21-nigerians-suspected-of-unlawful-possession-of-communication-devices\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-arrest-21-nigerians-suspected-of-unlawful-possession-of-communication-devices\",\"name\":\"Police Arrest 21 Nigerians Suspected Of Unlawful Possession Of Communication Devices - 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