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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Bus operators in Kampala have intercepted a Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier, who had concealed an AK47 rifle in a mattress, disembarking a bus at Namayiba Bus Terminal on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The operators discovered the rifle as they were offloading luggage from the bus boot when they felt a hard object in the mattress.<\/p>\n

Police officers at the Riverside Police Post told this publication that the bus operators tipped police officers at the nearby post and they responded.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe seized the mattress and untied the rope holding it only to find an AK47 and an empty magazine. There was also a UPDF uniform. We traced the owner of the mattress and found out that it was a male passenger dressed in civilian clothes, who was returning from the Karamoja region,\u201d a police officer said.<\/p>\n

The man was arrested and was identified as Number RA 234736 Private John Okello attached to 3rd Division Headquarters in Moroto District.<\/p>\n

When asked to present documents authorising his movement, he didn\u2019t have any. Security personnel are supposed to carry a document approving their movements from their duty station. Security personnel are often required to hand over their rifle to their supervisors when leaving their duty station for personal errands.<\/p>\n

When contacted, Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire confirmed the arrest of the soldier.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is true that he was arrested. We thank the bus operators for the vigilance they exhibited after realising a suspicious item being carried by the suspect. We shall hand over the suspect to our brothers in the UPDF for further management,\u201d Assistant Superintendent of Police Owoyesigyire said.<\/p>\n

The restive Karamoja region has many illegal firearms, although security operatives have conducted several operations to disarm civilians, mostly cattle rustlers.<\/p>\n

Some guns are trafficked from the mineral-rich region to other parts of the country and used in criminal activities, according to security operatives.<\/p>\n

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