{"id":41979,"date":"2022-12-22T21:03:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T21:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-arrest-gangs-ahead-of-christmas"},"modified":"2022-12-22T21:25:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T21:25:45","slug":"police-arrest-gangs-ahead-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-arrest-gangs-ahead-of-christmas","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest gangs ahead\u00a0of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Police in East Kyoga region have arrested suspected gangs to pave way for a peaceful festive season.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Moses Mwanga, the Regional Police Commander (RPC) of East Kyoga, said on Monday night, police rounded up a total of 187 suspects in their joint operation with Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have intensified security because of the intelligence reports that reached our office that most of the criminals had come out of prison and have regrouped to launch attacks,\u201d Mr Mwanga said.<\/p>\n<p>He said those arrested include sex workers, street children and suspected armed robbers.<\/p>\n<p>By press time, the police were screening the suspects and about 120 were released on caution.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mwanga said suspects that were found with exhibits of cannabis and government stores; including boxes of drugs, will be arraigned before courts of law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the beginning of our operations towards peaceful Christmas and new year\u2019s festivals. We shall continue with our operations and those that will be found having unnecessary late night movements will equally be arrested,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy RPC, Mr Nelson Sooma, identified Soroti City and Kumi Town as some of the black spots, where gangs terrorise communities at night.<\/p>\n<p>He said gangs in Kumi dubbed ikok meaning termites, and those in Soroti, assault their victims, break into houses and snatch people\u2019s properties.<\/p>\n<p>One of the street childreen, who was in police custody, and identified himself as a resident of Lale Sub-county, in Soroti, said he came to town searching for an alternative source of survival.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Peter Pex Paak, the Soroti City RCC, said the operations will run until next year because they want to dismantle the network of thieves within the town.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Police in East Kyoga region have arrested suspected gangs to pave way for a peaceful festive season. Mr Moses Mwanga, the Regional Police Commander (RPC) of East Kyoga, said on Monday night, police rounded up a total of 187 suspects in their joint operation with Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF). \u201cWe have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":41978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-41979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police arrest gangs ahead\u00a0of Christmas - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police in East Kyoga region have arrested suspected gangs to pave way for a peaceful festive season. 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