Police in Kampala have said weapons belonging to the army have been, and are being used to commit crimes around Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono, which has left many people dead in recent weeks.
In one of the more recent armed robberies on June 30th, a soldier attached to Kikubamutwe Army Barracks on Kayunga Road in Mukono District, broke into a mobile money outlet and retail shop in Luzira, Nakawa Division of Kampala and robbed Shs72 million.
Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, SP Patrick Onyango, told our reporter that scene-of-crime-officers recovered an AK47 assault rifle belonging to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) after the Luzira incident.
Police sources, who asked not to be named, said following interrogations of one of the suspects, they have since established that he was the source of guns that were used in the recent robberies in Mukono District.
Onyango said Police managed to arrest two suspects, including the UPDF officer and a lawyer who are now in military custody.
Deputy army spokesperson, Lt Col Deo Akiiki, however, refuted fears that military intelligence has taken over investigations.
