Joint security forces in Karamoja have recovered two SMG rifles,
which were handed over voluntarily and forcefully by their handlers.
Police
spokesperson for Karamoja Mike Longole says Dowan Ameringiro from Lolachat in
Nabilatuk district voluntarily handed over his gun while Natolimo Lomilo Loram,
a resident of Natumkale, Tapac sub-county in Moroto district was forced to
surrender his gun after a cordon and search operation.
Longole says
the operations were conducted in the general areas of Kakingol in Katikekile
sub-county.
The
recoveries follow a spate of shootings of boda boda riders and heightened
insecurity in the areas of Rupa, Nakiloro and Kakingol.