According to Owoyesigyire, the suspects were picked up in an operation by Katwe police Division targeting groups behind a spate of robberies in Bunamwaya and Ndejje and Zaana in the past few weeks.
Police have
burst a racket of people suspected to be behind house break-ins in Makindye
Division in Kampala.
The Deputy Kampala
Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, says that police have
arrested eight people suspected to be part of the racket. The suspects are John
Ssempijja alias Monde, Patrick Konde alias Konde, Hamidu Ssentongo, Henry
Ssenyonjo, Ronald Kyalimpa, Alex Isimbe, Johnson Ojambo and Philip
Kato.
According to Owoyesigyire, the suspects were picked up in an
operation by Katwe police Division targeting groups behind a spate of robberies in
Bunamwaya and Ndejje and Zaana in the past few weeks. Records at Katwe police
division show that more than ten house break-ins have been registered in
Makindye-Ssabagabo in the last one month.
During the operation, police recovered 11 Flat TV screens, 3
home theatres, 9 small hoofers, 11 different remotes, 1 small blender, 1
microwave warmer, 1 small fan, 1 laptop, 5 phone chargers and 1 gas
cooker with its cylinder among other items believed to have been stolen.
Owoyesigyire says that police searched the residences of John
Ssempijja alias Monday, Konde Patrick alias Konde who are believed to be
ringleaders of the group and recovered housebreaking instruments such
including a big plier for cutting padlocks, a machete, sharp knives and a hammer.
He says that they have stepped up security to arrest more suspects still at
large.
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House break-ins in Kampala metropolitan areas have increased in recent months,
according to the police. Other cases have been reported in Lungujja, Kasubi,
Namungoona, Mengo Kisenyi, and Nansana areas where criminals reportedly cut
roof tiles and douse their victims to gain access to the properties.
Recently, the police crime intelligence unit arrested Frank Ainebyoona, William
Ssenyondo and Nyesiiga Precious believed to be the masterminds of house
break-ins in Kasubi and Nansana.
The trio was arrested from Nansana, Namungoona
and Kasubi following numerous reports of attacks on residents by machete-wielding
thugs.
According to the annual crime report 2020 compiled by the
Police Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID, 10,113 housebreakings were
reported compared to 12,919 cases registered in 2019.
