Police recover stolen fuel tanker in Jinja after robbery in Iganga
Enanga said efforts are now in place to have the suspects who fled from the scene, identified, tracked down, and arrested for their criminal actions.
The police spokesperson Fred Enanga reveals that a fuel tanker which went missing in Iganga has been discovered in Jinja.
“We would like to update the public and all transporters in the fuel industry that the semi trailer tanker, Mercedes Benz, blue in color, under reg. no. UAU 402E, which was intercepted at bukoyo Village, along the Iganga-Jinja highway, by a group of 5 armed thugs, on the 21.10.2023, at around 9pm, and robbed at gun point with 34 tonnes of Kerosene, was recovered from Jinja City, by the territorial police from Kiira region.
“All the Kerosene, which was being transported from Kenya to Kampala Prompet Energies Ltd, depot was found intact.
“The scene was thoroughly documented, and the trailer with all its goods handed over to the management of Prompet Energies Ltd.
“The driver of the trailer, Abdul Nuru, a Somali national based in Kisumu, Kenya, who was attacked, dragged out, tied both hands and legs, and bundled into the car boot, of a Toyota Wish, whose number plates were not identified, was recovered, while dumped in Kakira sugar plantation.
“He was given first aid and his statement recorded at Iganga police station.” Enanga said in a statement issued Tuesday, October 24 2023 in Kampala.
Enanga said efforts are now in place to have the suspects who fled from the scene, identified, tracked down, and arrested for their criminal actions.
“The incident also shows that goods in transit, including fuel, continue to be targeted, especially at night, which calls for extra vigilance and target hardening measures. The thugs attempted to break the seal in vain,” he added.
