The thugs reportedly raided the petrol station in the wee hours of Wednesday morning at around 2 a.m. and made off with a SAR gun registration number 564211535 from Calvin Alunga, a security guard attached to Samorai protective services.
The AK47 rifle, registration number UPDF 767183, with 30 rounds of ammunition was recovered when a suspected robber raided a mobile money agent identified only as Eunice operating along Main Street in Hoima City and attempted to rob her.
The gun was recovered on Friday evening from a Rwandan National identified as Theo jean Hafasha, 30, who was smoked out of a pastor's residence and led the securoty operatives to where he had hidden the gun
Assailants raided Bugoma forest reserve in Kikuube on Wednesday night and attacked Pt. Wycliffe Musibira of UPDF’s 13th Battalion who was on guard duty in the forest.
Obong, who is attached to 409 brigade in Arua district was arrested on Thursday following a tip off by concerned residents. The UPDF soldier was riding a motorcycle Reg No UFE 780M with the ivory tied in a mattress.
The suspect is Innocent Okot attached to Saracen Security Company Limited Hoima branch. He disappeared with the company gun registration number SAR 12116651/06277, with five rounds of ammunition.