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MP Odonga Otto on illegal gun charges plus “many other offences”

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Outgoing Aruu County Member of Parliament, Samuel Odonga Otto who was arrested earlier today by Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID, faces charges over illegal possession of a firearm. CID Spokesperson, Charles Twine, has confirmed to Uganda Radio Network –URN that Otto was being transported to Kampala …

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Woman accused of defrauding 200 girls of Shs 90m in job promises

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Anti-human trafficking detectives at Criminal Investigations Directorate have arrested a woman accused of defrauding 200 girls of over 90 million shillings in fake job promises. Jumia Kamwoka was picked from Komamboga, Kawempe division with 200 girls picked from various parts of the country on promises …

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South Sudanese national loses US $350,000 in scam

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A South Sudan national has lost US$350,000 about Shillings one billion to fraudsters in the city suburbs of Munyonyo. Charles Twine, the Spokesperson of the Criminal investigations Department-CID, says the victim only identified as Malisa lost money in a fake dollar scam involving four fraudsters. …

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Four arrested for robbing city businessman of 100,000 Euros

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The special investigations Division SID has in custody four people believed to have executed a robbery of €100,000 (about 250million shillings) from a city businessman in Kampala. CID spokesperson Charles Twine said the four suspects riding on 4 motorcycles targeted Kannankutty Krisnamoham an Indian national …

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Why police takes less than 25 percent of car theft cases to court

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Analysis of the last three year police records on car thefts shows less than 25 percent of cases were taken to court. The statistics compiled by Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID indicate that police registered 1,114 car thefts countrywide in 2019, but only 244 were taken to …

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Eight arrested in Munyonyo over counterfeit currency, fake gold

Suspects were found with counterfeit currency notes worth US$ 2.4 M Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least eight people have been arrested in a predawn raid by the Uganda Police Force on a property in Munyonyo, a Kampala suburb targeting dealers in counterfeit currency and fake gold. Charles Twine, …

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Ugandans lose phones worth 4 billion shillings to thugs every year

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Statistics compiled by Criminal Investigations Directorate indicate Ugandans on average lose mobile phones valued at 4 billion shillings to criminals every year. Data for three years shows thugs stole 5,630 phones in 2019 which were worth 4.29 Billion Shillings. However, police investigators including the cyber-crime …

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CID grills GT bank officials over UGX 3.6 billion corruption scandal

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three top officials of Guaranty Trust Bank [GTB] were on Tuesday grilled for more than two hours by the anti-corruption and economic crime detectives over 3.6 billion shillings corruption scandal. GTB was dragged to Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID headquarters at Kibuli by Joseph Brown, …

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Two arrested for alleged theft of 30 vehicles

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An operation by Flying Squad Unit has led to the arrest of two suspects linked to the theft of more than 30 cars. The Flying Squad Unit Commander, Godwin Turamye in collaboration with Criminal Investigation Directorate –CID launched a hunt after receiving over 20 complaints …

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