Security forces in Kampala on Wednesday recovered hundreds of suspected stolen National Identity Cards and documents during an eviction operation at Lubigi swamp.
The National IDs and passports were found packed in sacks hidden under the bed while the motor vehicle number plates were found on the roof of the house.
The stolen items were stored in a makeshift house belonging to a couple, Akim Terwane and his wife Rahuma Nayembale.
The suspects have been arrested and the items taken to Lubigi police post as the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID commences investigations.
According to the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango, one of the suspects Terwane, told detectives that Identity cards were not stolen but picked from various places.
“He says that the documents are not stolen but lost and picked ones, from various places. He claims that he collects these documents from various places abandoned, and they normally announce using megaphones for the owners to pick on negotiations to pay him small money”. Onyango said.
Gilbert Kadilo, the NIRA Spokesperson, confirmed the ongoing investigations but declined to divulge further details.
