KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police in Kampala have arrested a man over possession of several rounds of live ammunition and two riffles, a reserve of the armed forces.
Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson says on Sunday, police received information that a suspected terrorist in one of the residents in Kitikifumba zone, Kira ward, Kira division, Kira municipality in Wakiso district was planning to terrorize the community with deadly firearms.
According to police, the 50-year-old suspect who hails from Moyo district, Ishene central sub-county, Vura parish-Idua village was found in possession of the said weapons.
“The suspect was found in possession of the following deadly weapons; two (02) SMG riffles (AK-47), one (01) pump action riffle, nine (09) SMG magazines loaded with 270 ammunitions (live bullets), seven (07) locally made pump action bullets, eighteen (18) empty locally made pump action gadgets and one (01) potch army green in colour, and a sachet of Kugina Spice (Piri Piri),” Onyango said in a statement.
Onyango says the suspect claimed that the rifles belonged to a medical doctor whose identity has been withheld.
He added that nine bottles of unknown deadly chemicals and 15 empty suspected bomb-making shell tins have also been recovered.
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