Suspected robber arrested, gun recovered in Ibanda
He asserts that further inquiries to find out where the gun was stolen from and arresting other culprits are ongoing.
Ibanda: Police in Ibanda, with another sister security team, have recovered an AK47 gun with two live rounds of ammunition in Igorora village, Igorora parish, Igorora town council, Ibanda District.
According to Rwizi region police mouthpiece Samson Kasasira, the gun was in the possession of one Kiiza Ashraf, a known robber in the area for some time who was on the run for terrorizing districts of Mbarara, Kazo, Kiruhura, and Kamwenge, among others involved in robberies and cattle thefts.
The recovered gun No. UG PSO 56S 4101 385 13187 was found hidden in a swamp where Kiiza and team were bidding it.
Kasasira reveals that the arrest of Kiiza materialized on October 10, 2024, through a joint intelligence-led operation of the police, UPDF, and ISO and was handed over to Bihanga Army Barracks for further interrogations since he denied the gun in the preliminary inquiries.
“Kiiza reveals that the gun was given to him by one Godfrey, another thief who stays in Kamwenge who informed him that he had stolen it from someone but never disclosed who,” adds Kasasira.
The regional police mouthpiece asserts that further inquiries to find out where the gun was stolen from and arresting other culprits are ongoing.
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