Using gunmen to fight gunmen: Army sends troops to Kerr Pateh amid uptick in armed robbery in NBR village

The army announced today it is sending troops to Kerr Pateh to tackle the rising rate of armed robbery in the North Bank Region border village.

The past weeks have seen disturbing reports of armed robbery mostly from Senegal, crossing into the country to carry out their criminal deeds.

“The Gambia Armed Forces, at the request of civil authority, is deploying troops to Kerr Pateh following a spate of armed robberies in the community in the North Bank region,” the army said on its official Facebook page today.