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Smuggling: URA Impounds 2 Tons Of Rice, Kitenge Bales In Jinja

Smuggling: URA Impounds 2 Tons Of Rice, Kitenge Bales In Jinja

In the aim to deter smuggling, a team of enforcement officers from the customs department of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) have impounded a Fuso truck in Jinja with over two tons of rice. This was apparently concealed under a pile sugarcanes. Customs officer Philip Ofubo explained that his team erected a checkpoint in Jinja last Wednesday night. This was due ...

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Gold Smuggling Border Patrol Security Operatives Arrested Over Shs36m Bribe

Gold Smuggling Border Patrol Security Operatives Arrested Over Shs36m Bribe

Three security officers involved in a gold smuggling bribe at the Uganda-DR Congo border in Arua have been exposed. This came after the trio disagreed on how to share a Shs36 million bribe solicited from a Congolese gold dealer. The accused include Francis Odongo, an operative working with the External Security Organisation (ESO), James Opolot, a crime intelligence officer and ...

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More Than 40 Ugandans Arrested For Smuggling Food To Kenya

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The Security Task Force arrested more than 40 Ugandans for trying to smuggle food to its neighboring country Kenya, as a way of looking for survival during this lockdown period. Suspects were caught trying to break rules set forth by president Museveni. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. The police and other security operatives arrested 8 Kenyans that were trying to penetrate into Uganda in ...

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