By Priscah Atuhaire,
KISORO:
Security in Kisoro District have intercepted a suspected member of the Allied Democratic Forces – ADF terror group with ammunitions attempting to travel to Kampala.
According to security sources, the suspect whose identity has been withheld was travelling from the Democratic Republic of Congo where the group operates and arrested in Kisoro town while trying to board Bismarkan Bus bound for Kampala.
Security recovered two gun riffles and five magazines loaded with bullets and stashed in a sack containing cassava peelings.
Security has revealed that the suspect was using two national Identity Cards a Ugandan obtained from Kyegegwa district and another one from Burundi. He was reportedly travelling with two other accompliances who managed to take on their heels from security.
It is reported that the suspected did not use the main border entry point at Bunagana but used a Boda Boda to access entry into Uganda.
Residents on the Uganda-DRC border have accused some Boda cyclists and local authorities of aiding suspicious elements to enter into the country. They say that the wrong elements use porous borders at Kugutwe, Mukibaya, Murugabano, Kugusozi all in Nyarubuye Kisoro borderline.
Residents have asked UPDF to reinstate the barracks that was initially in the area to prevent wrong elements from crossing to the country.
In 2013, a member of a suspected member if the Al-shabab terror group was arrested in Kisoro town attempting to cross to DR Congo to join the ADF. This mean the area being on the border of Uganda and several countries is prone to terror groups something likely to cause insecurities to both states.
Parrots UG has learned that the suspect is currently detained at Kisoro Central Police Station as a search for other terrorists is ongoing.
