Police in Lyantonde district have raided a shop dealing in electronic appliances and confiscated an assortment of items worth millions of shillings.
The raided shop is located along Kooki Road in Lyantonde town council, Lyantonde district.
Police preliminary investigations reveal the confiscated items including among others CCTV cameras, computer monitors, printers, speakers, generators, microphones, and many others, were stolen from the districts of Lyantonde and Kiruhura.
According to Douglas Kiwanuka, the officer in charge of Lyantonde police station, the operation to seize the stolen items followed numerous calls from individuals who had lost their property to thieves.
He said the shop owner has been buying the items well knowing that they are stolen.
Emmanuel Sagala, the chairperson Cell III on Kooki road, said the arrested shop owner has a big racket consisting of thieves he calls his “agents”.
