Law enforcement officers in Arua City captured a motorcycle taxi operator carrying a loaded assault rifle during an operation targeting organized theft gangs near the Democratic Republic of Congo frontier. Authorities identified the 46-year-old suspect as Atabua Patrick after intelligence reports linked him to armed criminal activity threatening local businesses and residents.
The intervention prevented a planned attack on commercial transport at Odramacaku Trading Centre, where combined police and military units recovered an AK-47 weapon with 50 cartridges and impounded the suspect's TVS motorcycle. Investigators filed charges for illegal firearm possession at Arua Central Police Station, marking the second such recovery within the municipality this month.
Regional police spokesperson Josephine Angucia commended the swift response while encouraging community members to report information about unauthorized weapons circulating in West Nile districts.
The intervention prevented a planned attack on commercial transport at Odramacaku Trading Centre, where combined police and military units recovered an AK-47 weapon with 50 cartridges and impounded the suspect's TVS motorcycle. Investigators filed charges for illegal firearm possession at Arua Central Police Station, marking the second such recovery within the municipality this month.
Regional police spokesperson Josephine Angucia commended the swift response while encouraging community members to report information about unauthorized weapons circulating in West Nile districts.
