The Police have arrested a truck driver for flouting the covid-19 guidelines when he was found carrying passengers in a cargo truck.
Hassan Lubega was arrested yesterday in Nabingo along the Kampala-Masaka HighWay.
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says that Lubega who was driving a truck registration number UBJ 803P was intercepted as he was carrying passengers to Mpigi, Masaka and Mbarara.
Owoyesigyire says that the truck was intercepted after CCTV cameras captured it dropping passengers at different points on the Kampala- Masaka HighWay and when police searched the truck, they found 14 people inside the vehicle.
Owoyesigyire said when they interrogated the suspects, they informed police that the Lubega was taking them to Mpigi, Masaka and Mbarara and each was being charged between 50,000-100,000 Shillings.
He said the suspects are currently detained at Nsangi Police station on charges of disobeying lawful orders and acting negligently in a manner likely to spread the virus.
