Police recover 7 stolen cars
People inspect some of the stolen luxury cars that were impounded in August 2016 by Uganda Revenue Authority at its headquarters in Nakawa, Kampala. PHOTO BY ALEX ESAGALA
Kampala- The recomposed Police Flying Squad Unit (FSU) has recovered seven cars stolen from drivers and hidden in different suburbs of Kampala.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire yesterday said FSU recovered the vehicles hidden in garages and houses in places such as Nansana, Nateete, Lungujja, Ndeeba and Namanve. The recovered cars had been stolen in the last two weeks.
“FSU registered complaints from owners of these vehicles and started investigations that included deploying covert officers at strategic places until we recovered some of them. The recoveries are here at CPS (Central Police Station) and others are being kept at other stations,” he said.
The motor vehicles include a Toyota Hiace registration number UAP 693Z white in colour that was recovered from Nansana, Wakiso District and its case was registered at Nansana Police Station. A Toyota Premio UAF 782X white colour was recovered in the city centre and case recorded at FSU headquarters at CPS while motor vehicle UAG 193L with forged number plate UAU 340T, was recovered from Lungujja in Rubaga Division and its case was registered at CPS.
Other recovered vehicles are; Toyota Premio UBA 738K grey in colour which was found in Nansana-Gganda and the case is being handled at CPS, Toyota Mark II UAM 598E white in colour found in Nateete-Wakaliga. The case was registered at FSU. A Toyota Ipsum UAW 957B blue in colour was recovered from Ndeeba while a Toyota Wish UBD 974F white in colour was recovered from the city centre. The cases are registered at FSU headoffice.
“These vehicles had been hidden inside washing bays while others were concealed in garages and homes. Motor vehicles are often stolen from streets, outside places of entertainment, supermarkets and office buildings,” Mr Owoyesigyire said.
In April, police exposed tricks used by thugs to steal vehicles that included duplication of car keys, deliberate accidents, duplicated number plates and car break-ins.
This was during the release of the report on 200 cars stolen from Kampala and its outskirts in 2017.
The report showed Toyota Premio were most targeted vehicles by thugs making a 35 per cent of car thefts followed by Toyota Spacio, Raum and Ipsum that came in second, third and fourth, respectively.
