Crime

Uganda's joint security forces recovered five guns from criminal elements in North Karamoja in a spate of five days.

The Uganda joint security team recovered 503 live rounds of ammunition at Kokochaya checkpoint, off Karita-Lokales road along the Uganda-Kenya borderline, UPDF said in a statement.

President Yoweri Museveni mourned the death of social commentator Ibrahim Tusubira, alias Ismail Olaxes Ichuli, who was gunned down on Saturday night, May 6.

Police has boosted deployment to strengthen security during the Easter holidays, said Police Spokesman SCP Fred Enanga is a Monday statement.

The Territorial Police in KMP South and Katwe Division have in custody, a woman identified as Biira Joy, who hails from Nabisalu Wasswa Zone, Makindye division, for alleged murder by cutting off the genitals of her husband, identified as Baluku Benson.

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has partnered with the Uganda Police Force (UPF) to construct and equip seven community police posts and staff quarters with an aim of improving safety and security in the Karamoja Sub-region.

The Special Investigations Division in coordination with the Fraud Department at Stanbic Bank, Uganda, has arrested and detained nine suspects in connection with irregular withdrawal of $1.8m from Stanbic Bank Uganda.

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The Criminal Intelligence task team of Police on Thursday conducted a raid on an ADF terror cell in Katakala village in Mityana District.

During the raid, according to Police Spokesman Fred Enanga, the cell leader Sulaiman Bisaso Segawa was killed.

Police in Bukedi South and Butaleja, working with the Crime Intelligence and CMI task teams, have rescued 59 victims who were allegedly recruited into an ADF domestic cell and being radicalised.