Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has arrested a man for allegedly distributing counterfeits worth one million shillings. Ali Musoke was arrested on Wednesday by police officers at Mini Price as he tried to hoodwink a mobile money operator, Shafic Amanyire. At around 10 am, Musoke approached Amanyire’s mobile money …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | A derelict hospital, dog kennels, abandoned warehouses, suburban homes and buried shipping containers — cannabis farms dot Britain, often staffed by Vietnamese migrants-turned-growers. Some have been smuggled in voluntarily, others trafficked against their will. Here are a few high-profile busts involving Vietnamese migrants. – Bunker …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kikuube are investigating circumstances under which an employee of Hoima Sugar Limited was hacked to death. Gideon Odaga 37 a casual labourer at Hoima sugar Limited and a resident of Ajinjera village in Zombo district was hacked to death on Friday night by …
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Lublin, Poland | AFP | Walking hand-in-hand and kissing in public is something that gay couples in the conservative eastern Polish city of Lublin can do safely only once a year, at the local pride parade, albeit behind a thick cordon of heavily armed riot police. Far-right groups and conservative …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A boda boda rider Sharif Mpanga alias Shafic who allegedly ferried killers of Maria Nagirinya to her house gate has been arrested. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga said on Monday that Mpanga was arrested over the weekend by a combined team of Chieftaincy of Military …
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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal police are holding a mother accused of offering her neighbor her three-months-old baby to defraud her boyfriend. The suspect is Annet Kabalisa, a resident of Kagote cell in West Division Fort Portal Municipality. The Rwenzori West Region Police Spokesperson, Lydia Tumushabe, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Communities at Nangoma and Kasensero landing site in Kyotera district have asked the Marine department of the Uganda Police to establish a rescue center in the area to enable them respond to emergencies. The area is prone to water accidents that usually occur as …
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Washington, United States | AFP | A former Texas police officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for murdering her neighbor in 2018 when she shot him after entering the wrong apartment while off duty. The Dallas jury could have handed down a sentence between five and 99 …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament was on Tuesday released from Kasese Central Police Station without any charges. Zaake together with eleven youths from Kasese were arrested on Tuesday afternoon at Bamboocha Gardens Resort where they were having a meeting. Kasese Municipality Member of Parliament Robert …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Music promoters and event organisers in greater Masaka sub region are up in arms against police for charging them exorbitant fees for security services at their events. The matter came to the fore during an assessment meeting for entertainment and event organizers at Maria …
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