A Guinean thief who didn’t imagine he’d be caught soon has congratulated the police for catching him.

He felicitated with the police while being interviewed after he was caught.

In A video that is going viral on social media, Boubacar Diallo, a student at a technical college in Mamou, Guinea said he knows the gravity of his crime and acknowledged that he may go to jail.

Diallo and his accomplice freely admitted to stealing 50million Guinean francs (N2million) from a phone shop in the northwestern city.

In the video, Diallo rallied support for the Police, saying more resources should be given to them.

Diallo said, “The national police head office should be congratulated. I also want to say that the police needs equipment because it has well-trained officers. Seriously.”

Diallo said he regretted his crime and would never go back to it again.