Three arrested over illegal possession of grenade, gun magazine
Saturday April 10 2021
Summary
The military equipment was recovered at Plan B Bar and Lodge in Sofia, Eastern Division following a sting operation.
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A joint security operation mounted by counter-terrorism police, the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence [CMI], Internal Security Organization (ISO), and police operatives, have recovered a grenade, sub-machine gun magazine, and bayonet in a local bar in Busia Town.
The military equipment was recovered at Plan B Bar and Lodge in Sofia, Eastern Division following a sting operation.
Using sniffer dogs attached to the counter-terrorism police at the border, the team recovered the military hardware stashed in a bag. The grenade is said to belong to the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF), while the bayonet is believed to belong to the Kenyan military.
In a sworn affidavit, the deputy FDC secretary-general, Harold Kaija, says that he searched for the two in gazetted detention centers in Masaka including the barracks and police stations among others to establish their whereabouts in vain.
According to Kaija, he was advised by security in Masaka that since the duo was participating in opposition politics, he should check with the director generals of Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), Internal Security Organization (ISO), Inspector General of Police, the director of Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the commandant Special Investigations Bureau Kireka.
Kaija says that he visited CMI, Kireka and CID headquarters but was denied access to the detention facilities to ascertain whether the two-party officials were there. He has now sued the five security heads and the Attorney General, saying the detention of their coordinators without presenting them in court violates their constitutional right to liberty and fai