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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Kampala are holding 101 suspects on allegations of stealing phones and illegally swapping SIM cards, a move triggered by an attack in which a Senegalese woman lost her belongings.<\/p>\n

The arrests follow a complaint filed by Senegalese national Mariana Diallo at Busega police station within Uganda’s capital on July, 29, police revealed.<\/p>\n

A case reported at the station indicated that unknown thugs operating along Northern bypass smashed a window of a vehicle belonging Diallo who was robbed of her laptop bag containing a passport, laptop, mobile phone and other key documents.<\/p>\n

The victim who was a resident of Golf Hotel in Kampala proceeded to Entebbe Airport but could not travel due to lack of a passport, prompting her to report to authorities.<\/p>\n

A Kampala phone dealer explained that \u201csome of their customers always want to change serial numbers of suspected stolen phones so that they can be sold as used phones at a cheaper price.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people who deal in mobile phones use a particular machine that finds out unknown pins of several mobile phones. The phones are flashed to change the pin codes, serial numbers or even the screen lock patterns or codes,\u201d said the phone dealer who preferred anonymity.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango told Monitor<\/b> that police detectives through their investigations, established that the phone that was stolen from the Senegalese ended up at Hanifa Towers in Kampala\u2019s central division.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice from Natete came at Central Police Station Kampala and requested for man power. They went down town at Hanifa Towers and arrested 101 phone dealers. They recovered over 200 stolen mobile phones,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Onyango added that the suspects are currently detained at CPS Kampala and Natete police station pending screening.<\/p>\n

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