Thieves stuck in garden shock Mityana residents

There was drama at Mawundwe village in Malangala Sub County on Monday when three people got stuck in a Vanila plantation where they had gone to steal.  They were unable to move until the owner arrived with police that took them away.

The incident occurred at Livingstone Ntege's garden, where he has a banana, coffee and vanilla plantations.

Hundreds of people gathered to see what had happened but Ntege warned them against beating any of the thieves.

Ntege said the three had gone to steal his vanilla when they got stuck there. "For so long, I have been losing my crops, food and Vanilla to thieves and that is why I had to find a way of fighting them," Ntege said.

It is alleged that Ntege used witchcraft in his garden to catch the thieves, and that is why the three were arrested.

When we reached his garden we found the three victims still there. One of them was trying to move away but could not go beyond the garden.

Another was lying down, and every after a few seconds, he could crying rolling down. The third was just squatting down, not saying anything.

Mityana distract police commander, Emmanuel Mafundo deployed his men from Zigoti police station who were also afraid to touch the victims.

The suspects were God Tamale, George William Walusimbi, and Ssebitosi Musisi, all residents of Mawundwe village.

Godfrey Ssetuba, the LC 1 chairman of Mawundwe noted that people at his village for long been complaining about thieves

"People in these villages grow a lot of fruits, they keep animals but there are many thieves and this is why Ntege decided to look for a way of fighting them," Ssetuba said.

The suspects are detained at Zigoti police post.