How Uhuru’s stolen BMW was found
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CRIME | Suspect who was driving vandalised escort car was lured into a police trap by his Kampala girlfriend
Ugandan police have recovered President Uhuru Kenyatta’s stolen escort car after the suspect’s girlfriend lured him into a trap at Wandegeya, a Kampala suburb near Makerere University. Police sources yesterday said the suspect, who was arrested on Tuesday night while driving the stolen BMW, was a Ugandan. However, his identity was not revealed. The vehicle had been vandalised, according to another police source who also preferred anonymity because he was reluctant to be identified commenting on an issue involving another country.
Mr Asan Kasingye, the director of Interpol, confirmed the recovery of the car but declined to divulge details about the persons arrested. “Our counterparts informed us that their President’s car that was stolen at gunpoint was heading to Uganda. So we started to monitor and we recovered it and we have sent it back to Kenya,” Mr Kasingye said. The vehicle was stolen on Wednesday last week after an armed gang carjacked the driver. Inspector David Machui, was later released but the gang drove off with the vehicle.
The car’s tracking system is said to have been removed in a garage in Kenya. The BMW was last tracked in Bungoma on Sunday evening. Kenyan detectives arrested Mr Aggrey Ochieng, a mechanic, at a garage where the car was worked on. It is alleged that an informer provided telephone contacts of the suspects which they shared with Ugandan police on Monday. Kenyan authorities also alerted their Ugandan counterparts through a senior Ugandan police officer based
If the Presidents car can be stolen, is the common citizen safe from gun totting gangsters in broad daylight?
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Ugandan police have recovered President Uhuru Kenyatta’s stolen escort car after the suspect’s girlfriend lured him into a trap at Wandegeya, a Kampala suburb near Makerere University. Police sources yesterday said the suspect, who was arrested on Tuesday night while driving the stolen BMW, was a Ugandan. However, his identity was not revealed. The vehicle had been vandalised, according to another police source who also preferred anonymity because he was reluctant to be identified commenting on an issue involving another country.
Mr Asan Kasingye, the director of Interpol, confirmed the recovery of the car but declined to divulge details about the persons arrested. “Our counterparts informed us that their President’s car that was stolen at gunpoint was heading to Uganda. So we started to monitor and we recovered it and we have sent it back to Kenya,” Mr Kasingye said. The vehicle was stolen on Wednesday last week after an armed gang carjacked the driver. Inspector David Machui, was later released but the gang drove off with the vehicle.
The car’s tracking system is said to have been removed in a garage in Kenya. The BMW was last tracked in Bungoma on Sunday evening. Kenyan detectives arrested Mr Aggrey Ochieng, a mechanic, at a garage where the car was worked on. It is alleged that an informer provided telephone contacts of the suspects which they shared with Ugandan police on Monday. Kenyan authorities also alerted their Ugandan counterparts through a senior Ugandan police officer based
If the Presidents car can be stolen, is the common citizen safe from gun totting gangsters in broad daylight?
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