Police Arrest Two
Oct 27, 2001
THE Police in Iganga arrested two people, including a UPDF soldier on Monday and recovered a firearm after a fire exchange.
By Moses Nampala
THE Police in Iganga arrested two people, including a UPDF soldier on Monday and recovered a firearm after a fire exchange.
Business in Iganga town came to a halt as gunshots rocked the town when the duo engaged Police in a shoot-out.
The officer in-charge Criminal Investigation Department, Moses Mpanuka, identified the suspects as Private Godfrey Baruza of UPDF detachment at Nalufenya in Jinja and Geofrey Mawanda, a driver of commuter taxi.
The duo, armed with a gun allegedly sought entrance into Iganga taxi park wanting to load passengers onto taxis.
But authorities at the taxi park resisted them.
A stampede reportedly ensued when the soldier fired in the air several times, attracting the attention of Iganga Police.
The CID boss said the soldier opened fire at a group of armed detectives who had been dispatched at the park to calm the situation.
“The suspects who attempted to escape in a commuter taxi, had engaged Police in a two kilometre chase, but were intercepted at Walugogo on the Iganga-Jinja highway,†he said.
He said the windscreen of the pick-up which was carrying the detectives, got smashed, but nobody was injured.
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