Four Car Robbers Arrested in Kakumiro

Four notorious car robbers have been arrested during joint operations conducted by the police, Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF and Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence in Kakumiro district.

The suspects have been identified as Samuel Mukisa alias Big Spender, Asuman Sempiira, Denis Barigye alias Kawalata and John Justus Turinawe. They were all arrested from Igayaza Town Council in Kakumiro during an intelligence-led operation conducted on Saturday and Sunday. 

They were found with a stolen vehicle registration number UAW 045P, a Toyota Premio and a motorcycle cycle registration number UEF 711J.

Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Region Police Spokesperson says that after stealing the motor vehicles, the suspects liaise with counterparts in Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono to sell the stolen vehicles. He adds that the Police are currently hunting for the accomplices who are currently on the run.

According to Hakiza, the suspects have been terrorizing residents in Kakumiro, Mubende, Hoima, Kibaale, Kagadi, Kyenjojo and Kikuube robbing them of cars and motorcycles at gunpoint. However, security is yet to recover the gun that the thugs have been using to terrorise the residents.

He says, that once investigations are through, the suspected robbers who are currently being detained at Kakumiro Central Police Station will be arraigned before the court to be charged accordingly. Hakiza has appealed to members of the public to provide vital information that could lead to the arrest and detention of more suspects who are currently at large.  

Meanwhile, four suspects are in custody at the Kagadi central police station over the alleged murder of a businessman. The suspects whose particulars have been concealed by the police for fear of jeopardizing investigations are believed to have connived to kill Christopher Nuwagaba 23, a  resident of Kinaaba village in the Rugashali sub-county. 

Information obtained by Uganda Radio Network-URN indicates that the suspects reportedly raided the deceased’s home, and beat him to death before they dumped his body in his compound on Monday night.

Kinaaba Village Chairperson Erias Baguma explains that area residents found the deceased's body in his compound on Tuesday morning and in the aftermath, four suspects were arrested with the help of the Police sniffer dog.