By Our Reporter
25th March 2022
Police in Busia district have arrested two people suspected to be armed robbers.
The suspects have been identified as Edrine Sifuna and Musana Walusimbi, both residents of Busia Municipality.
They were arrested last evening in an operation conducted by both the flying squad and field force unit- FFU police force in Sofia village, Eastern division.
The suspects are accused of being in possession of a gun, two Pangas and six Knives that they allegedly use to terrorize residents by stealing their properties in the area.
Residents first sow armed men in the village they became suspicious and called the police that arrested the two suspects while two others are on the run all said to be frequent members of Katanga, Nangwe and Sofia all in Busia Municipality said to be hot spot areas used by robbers as a haven.
Timothy Pido, the officer in charge crime investigation department- CID attached at Busia central police station says that police have registered over 10 cases of aggravated robbery in the last month of February 2022, compared to last year when they could register less than 6 cases in a month.
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