The territorial Police in Kawempe have arrested five suspects including a UPDF soldier on allegations of participating in a string of robberies in Kawempe and surrounding areas.
Police officers who were on routine patrol in the area intercepted a motor vehicle registration number UBH 295F Passo that was driven by a one Michael Yiga, 28, a mechanic.
On the vehicle’s dashboard was a UPDF cap.
Kampala Metropolitan Police says when the vehicle occupant was tasked to explain how they got into possession of the cap, he intimated that it belonged to the owner of the vehicle.
The mechanic led the officers to the owner of the vehicle identified as Ronald Ssenyonjo.
Ssenyonjo denied owning the UPDF cap, but said he often hires his vehicle to two suspected soldiers, whom he suspects to have forgotten the cap in the car.
He named the two suspected soldiers.
“Luckily, the two suspected soldiers; Kanyehamye Kakistone, who was later found to be a deserter in the UPDF, and Juma Kaya, a civilian, had visited Kanyanya Police Station to stand surety for another suspect in detention,” said Kampala Metropolitan deputy spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire in statement.
“The suspect in detention had been arrested on offences of aggravated robbery of Shs1m and an Infinix mobile phone.”
In an interaction with Kanyehamye and Kaya, police officers discovered that they are the suspects’ accomplices. They were also arrested and a search at their homes ordered.
In the search, detectives recovered a number of suspected stolen items and military uniforms.
