Over six detainees, who were currently arrested and detained by the Basse police for buying stolen properties from an alleged notorious thief in the region, were admitted at the Basse Health Centre after many of them were reported to have fainted because of over congestion in the cell.

The following detainees; Dawda Njie, Amadou Jallow, Ebrima Jallow, Ismaila Bah, Abdoulie Jallow and Bubacarr Jallow, all businessmen in Basse, were admitted. When this reporter visited the health centre to speak to the officer in charge, one Ousman Sarjo, he was said to very busy at the time of the visit but a senior nurse on duty confirmed the admission of the following people but was quick to refer this reporter to a Cuban doctor who declined to comment stating that they are not mandated to talk to the press. However, talking to the police commissioner, Ebrima Cham, at his office in Basse, he also confirmed the story and pointed out that they were at the said health centre. He said that he has visited them at the health centre and most of them are expected to be discharged and granted bail.

It was reported that the police officer who was also alleged to have bought some items of these alleged stolen properties immediately fell down unconscious upon hearing his name being mentioned by the suspected thief during interrogation at the police station in his presence.