Student arrested over gun

Feb 23, 2003

POLICE at Mbarara Central Police Station have detained a student of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) in connection with the illegal possession of a sub-machine gun.

By Ebenezer Bifubyeka

POLICE at Mbarara Central Police Station have detained a student of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) in connection with the illegal possession of a sub-machine gun.

The criminal investigations department (CID) officer, Modesto Dema, said Lambert Byaruhanga, 23, was arrested on February 13 in connection with a sh530,000 robbery.

Dema told The New Vision recently that Byaruhanga and his cousin, John Kabagambe, 36, were arrested after an armed robbery in Kashumba village, Bukanga in Mbarara.

He said the money was robbed from John Kyanginzirimu, 54, of Julu Cell, Kashumba in Bukanga county.

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