Yunus Sedirumbi, the officer-in-charge of Patongo Police Station confirmed Laboke’s arrest to URN. She declined to reveal more details and referred our reporter to Patrick Jimmy Okema, the Aswa River Region Police Spokesperson.
Francis
Laboke Whisky, the Gombololola Internal Security Officer (GISO) of Agago Town
Town Council in Agago district is in trouble for illegal possession of live
ammunition.
He was picked up by the police from his home in the Town council on
Monday with 213 rounds of live ammunition and cartridges following a tip-off
from a whistleblower.
The
ammunition included 174 bullets for an LMG, 4 for Short Machine Gun and 35 for
AK47 rifles as well as 6 cartridges for a PK gun.
Yunus Sedirumbi, the officer-in-charge of Patongo Police Station confirmed Laboke’s arrest to URN.
She
declined to reveal more details and referred our reporter to Patrick Jimmy
Okema, the Aswa River Region Police Spokesperson.
Okema told
URN that the suspect has been slapped with charges of illegal possession of government
stores at Patongo Police Station vide CRB 179/2021.
He revealed that Laboke was
released on Tuesday on police bond as investigations are ongoing.
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