The suspects were picked up in an operation led by Xavier Sekanabo, the Commander of the Environmental Police Protection Unit on Saturday evening. The officers braved the rain and stormed the camp in Apaa Junction in Adjumani leading to the arrest of the suspects.
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Heaps of charcoal bags
Police are holding twenty-one
suspected illegal charcoal dealers following their arrest in a raid on their
camp in Adjumani district.
The suspects were picked up in an operation led by Xavier
Sekanabo, the Commander of the Environmental Police Protection Unit on Saturday
evening. The officers braved the rain and stormed the camp in Apaa Junction in Adjumani
leading to the arrest of the suspects.
Police
recovered thousands of charcoal bags and also
impounded hundreds of others that were on trucks ready for transportation. They
also impounded power saws used the charcoal dealers to fell endangered tree
species.
URN brings you the pictures from the scene.
Emmy Daniel Ojara is a young journalist and has been practicing since 2013, during which he covered land rights violation in the contested Apaa and Lakang in Amuru as his first take ups while at Gulu Fm, Favor Fm and later Paidha Fm and Speak Fm where he is still attached.
Human rights abuses and denied access to land by security and government agencies has been the major aftermath of the contest over the lands. The underprivileged such as women, children and the elderly faced challenges in accessing soc
