Stolen car abandoned in Jinja after being used in robbery
Abondoned stolen car which theives used to steal money. PHOTO BY TAUSI NAKATO
What you need to know:
- Mr Christopher warned residents against carrying money in denomination because it becomes heavy and thieves can easily identify it.
- By press time, the vehicle was still being parked at Jinja Central police station as police hunt for the thieves.
It has been a bad day for a 21 year old man identified as Moses Ogomo after being attacked by thugs and they took off with Shs3m that he was taking to Gulu to invest in his business.
Mr Ogomo, an employee of Giant Aluminum Company in Jinja, had gone to Centenary Bank to change his money into denomination but unfortunately they had no change.
He then decided to proceed to Bank of Africa but just a few meters from Centenary Bank, one of the thieves who were following him, forcefully opened the bag, grabbed the money from him and drove off.
“I went to Centenary Bank to change my Shs3m but when they told me they don’t have the denomination of Shs1000 [one million], Shs2000 [one million] Shs5000 [one million] and coins for Shs50,000, I decided to go to Bank of Africa but when I moved out I talked to a friend I found parked outside whether she can give me a lift but as we were still conversing, suddenly I felt someone opening my bag and took off with my money,’’ Mr Ogomo said.
He added: “I made an alarm and I jumped on a boda boda and I started chasing them but they knocked us down and I picked another one until when I found them on Alice Muloki road near Jinja central market after knocking a garbage pit and their vehicle got stuck.
Mr Faziru Bazibu, one of the eye witnesses said due to jam, the thieves [four] wanted to dodge it but fortunately they knocked a garbage pit at Jinja central market, abandoned the vehicle and took off after exchanging bitter words blaming the one who was driving of being a bad driver.
Jinja District Police Commander Mr Christopher Mbabazi said they have discovered the vehicle Registration number UBB 431S Harrier Lexus, which was being used by thugs. According to Mr Mbabazi, it was stolen from Nakumatt in Kampala, but it had tracking system.
He said through community policing, the boda boda men gave support to the victim by chasing the thugs until they abandoned the vehicle.
Mr Mbabazi warned residents against carrying money in denomination because it becomes heavy and thieves can easily identify it.
By press time, the vehicle was still parked at Jinja Central police station as police hunt for the thieves.
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