Joint security forces of UPDF and police have registered huge gains over the weekend as they recovered a total of 31 guns in a cordon and search operation in Lokeriaut kraal, Nadunget sub-county in Moroto district.

The third division commander Brig.Gen.Joseph Balikudembe says the operation conducted in the dawn of Saturday was intelligence based.

Balikudembe says the exercise saw 129 suspects arrested, with 25 of them admitting to owning guns.

According to the division commander, 751 loose ammunitions were also recovered together with 32 magazines and one semi-automatic rifle.

The commander also intimated that the Lokeriaut kraal belongs to Turkana herders and majority of those apprehended are Turkana from neighbouring Kenya.

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This new development follows a recent diplomatic move which saw Uganda hand over about six Turkana herders who were arrested with guns-to the Kenyan side.