Daily Monitor
Saturday April 10 2021
Summary
The unit comprised of military and police intelligence personnel attached to Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID)’s general crimes desk, have been conducting operations targeting poachers since August last year.
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Six policemen and four Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers have been arrested by Special Wildlife Crime Unit for allegedly participating in poaching and illegal selling of ivory and other wildlife species.
The unit comprised of military and police intelligence personnel attached to Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID)’s general crimes desk, have been conducting operations targeting poachers since August last year.
So far, the joint team has arrested 10 security personnel who have since been charged in military court and at Buganda Road Court. The joint security operations have majorly been carried out in areas of Murchison Falls National Park, Kampala, and Wakiso districts.
2021-04-06 16:56:15 GMT2021-04-07 00:56:15(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KAMPALA, April 6 (Xinhua) A court in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Tuesday charged two police officers over illegal possession of elephant tusks, weighing 23 kilograms.
Boniface Okello and Martin Ocen appeared before a Special Utilities Court at Buganda Road Chief Magistrate Court for being in possession of protected species under the Uganda Wildlife Act 2019.
Charles Twiine, police spokesperson for the criminal investigations directorate, told Xinhua by telephone that the offence attracts a maximum sentence of life imprisonment upon conviction. Every police officer that commits an offence is individually liable. They risk life imprisonment on conviction, said Twiine.