Trend at Entebbe
Jun 13, 2010
ACCORDING to Owomugisha, drug trafficking has, over the years, become more sophisticated with traffickers changing from the old known transit routes to new ones.
ACCORDING to Owomugisha, drug trafficking has, over the years, become more sophisticated with traffickers changing from the old known transit routes to new ones. He gave the cases reported since June 2009;
May 28, 2010: Martin Hohmann, 50, a German; Tom Welton Nasio Okila, 28, a Kenyan; and Gilbert Chidi Eze, 47, a Nigerian, were arrested at Entebbe airport with cocaine worth over sh250m.
Okila and Eze were arrested as they drove out after dropping Hohmann at the airport. Hohmann was arrested with two black leather handbags enroute to Amsterdam.
The bags had a yellowish white powdered substance suspected to be narcotic drugs. They both weighed 2.352kg.
The three face charges ranging from being in possession of narcotics to aiding the transportation of drugs. If convicted, they face one year in jail or a sh1m fine each.
April 11, 2010: Diane Hawa, a Rwandese, was intercepted at Entebbe airport as she entered the country. She had flown in from Nairobi aboard Flight Fly 540. She had seven bottles labelled Aumentin intravenous batch no. 415623, each containing white powder, and about 1.5kg of white powder in a white polythene paper.
The items were suspected to be drugs but on interrogation, Hawa declined to reveal the person to whom she was delivering them to.
The suspect was sick and was taken to Victoria Medical Services, where she was found to be seven months pregnant and diabetic.
She was deported back to Nairobi, her point of origin and the exhibits taken to the Government analyst for examination.
March 15, 2010: Keabetswe Mmule Kubyane, a South African; Lubah Nantongo, a Ugandan; and Alex Ezeugo, a Nigerian; were arrested at Entebbe airport.
Nantongo and Ezeugo had come to Entebbe to pick Kubyane who had flown in from Kyrgyz Republic through Turkey. Two bags of suspected heroine were found on Kubyane and four packages were recovered from the car which Ezeugo was driving.
They pleaded guilty and were sentenced to one year in prison or a fine of sh1m each. Ezeugo also had no work permit and was deported to Nigeria.
March 6, 2010: Anthony Oguine Obinna and Agu Dayman, both Nigerians, were intercepted on suspicion of drug trafficking. The two who entered the country aboard an Ethiopian Airways plane, tested negative and were freed on March 8.
November 9, 2009: Butt Tariq Mahmood, a Pakistani, was intercepted at Entebbe as he tried to enter the country. Mahmood, who flew aboard an Emirates plane, was put on observation but he had no drugs. He was set free on November 10.
July 3, 2009: Joseph Kasanke Kagolo, a Ugandan, was intercepted at the departures terminal at Entebbe airport as he tried to fly to Washington DC. Kagolo was put on observation and he passed out 90 pellets of suspected cocaine. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year in jail or a fine of sh1m.
June 26, 2009: John Awusa, a Ugandan, was arrested and on observation he passed out 109 pellets of suspected cocaine. He had flown to Entebbe aboard an Ethiopian Airways plane from Mumbai, India. He pleaded guilty and was given a one-year jail term or a fine of sh1m.
June 25, 2009: Charles Omollo, a Ugandan, was arrested on arrival at Entebbe airport and on observation, he passed out 99 pellets of suspected cocaine.
Omollo, who had flown aboard an Ethiopian Airways plane from New Delhi, India, pleaded guilty and was given a one year jail term or a fine of sh1m.
May 28, 2010: Martin Hohmann, 50, a German; Tom Welton Nasio Okila, 28, a Kenyan; and Gilbert Chidi Eze, 47, a Nigerian, were arrested at Entebbe airport with cocaine worth over sh250m.
Okila and Eze were arrested as they drove out after dropping Hohmann at the airport. Hohmann was arrested with two black leather handbags enroute to Amsterdam.
The bags had a yellowish white powdered substance suspected to be narcotic drugs. They both weighed 2.352kg.
The three face charges ranging from being in possession of narcotics to aiding the transportation of drugs. If convicted, they face one year in jail or a sh1m fine each.
April 11, 2010: Diane Hawa, a Rwandese, was intercepted at Entebbe airport as she entered the country. She had flown in from Nairobi aboard Flight Fly 540. She had seven bottles labelled Aumentin intravenous batch no. 415623, each containing white powder, and about 1.5kg of white powder in a white polythene paper.
The items were suspected to be drugs but on interrogation, Hawa declined to reveal the person to whom she was delivering them to.
The suspect was sick and was taken to Victoria Medical Services, where she was found to be seven months pregnant and diabetic.
She was deported back to Nairobi, her point of origin and the exhibits taken to the Government analyst for examination.
March 15, 2010: Keabetswe Mmule Kubyane, a South African; Lubah Nantongo, a Ugandan; and Alex Ezeugo, a Nigerian; were arrested at Entebbe airport.
Nantongo and Ezeugo had come to Entebbe to pick Kubyane who had flown in from Kyrgyz Republic through Turkey. Two bags of suspected heroine were found on Kubyane and four packages were recovered from the car which Ezeugo was driving.
They pleaded guilty and were sentenced to one year in prison or a fine of sh1m each. Ezeugo also had no work permit and was deported to Nigeria.
March 6, 2010: Anthony Oguine Obinna and Agu Dayman, both Nigerians, were intercepted on suspicion of drug trafficking. The two who entered the country aboard an Ethiopian Airways plane, tested negative and were freed on March 8.
November 9, 2009: Butt Tariq Mahmood, a Pakistani, was intercepted at Entebbe as he tried to enter the country. Mahmood, who flew aboard an Emirates plane, was put on observation but he had no drugs. He was set free on November 10.
July 3, 2009: Joseph Kasanke Kagolo, a Ugandan, was intercepted at the departures terminal at Entebbe airport as he tried to fly to Washington DC. Kagolo was put on observation and he passed out 90 pellets of suspected cocaine. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year in jail or a fine of sh1m.
June 26, 2009: John Awusa, a Ugandan, was arrested and on observation he passed out 109 pellets of suspected cocaine. He had flown to Entebbe aboard an Ethiopian Airways plane from Mumbai, India. He pleaded guilty and was given a one-year jail term or a fine of sh1m.
June 25, 2009: Charles Omollo, a Ugandan, was arrested on arrival at Entebbe airport and on observation, he passed out 99 pellets of suspected cocaine.
Omollo, who had flown aboard an Ethiopian Airways plane from New Delhi, India, pleaded guilty and was given a one year jail term or a fine of sh1m.