Police have lost seven guns in one week, according to police spokesperson Fred Enanga,
Mr Enanga said yesterday in Kampala that several criminal gangs are targeting police officers, stealing their guns that they later use in robberies and killing people.
On Sunday, 10 suspected criminals led by a UPDF deserter, according to Mr Enanga, attacked Kapchorwa Central Police Station killing two officers and stealing three guns.
Mr Enanga said the UPDF deserter had recruited criminals and is currently brainwashing people in the region that his group is protecting their land that was grabbed by Uganda Wildlife Authority.
“The suspected gang of criminals operating in the Mt Elgon Forest area straddles the border between Uganda and Kenya,” he said, adding the UPDF deserter is a wanted criminal, who is actively involved in expanding his gang by acquiring more guns and recruiting more criminals.
The suspect, currently in police custody, was previously arrested but escaped from Makindye Military Barracks on February 7, according to Mr Enanga.
However, he could not validly explain how such a criminal could escape from a military detention.
Last week, unknown thugs in Mt Elgon National Park at Benet Sub-county, Kween District, ambushed and robbed two police officers of their rifles all loaded with 58 bullets.
Similarly, on February 28, two police officers attached to Ngoyo ASTU detachment in Bunambutye Sub-county in Bulambuli District disappeared with two AK-47 rifles.
Mr Enanga also dismissed claims that there could be a rebel group forming in the Elgon region
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