The Uganda Police Force Anti-narcotic department has been under lock and key for the last three months as a scene of crime, putting at a standstill all operations, research and investigations.
This would explain how several types of narcotics are making it into the country, some even causing deaths of foreign nationals at luxurious hotels.
According to reports, the department whose headquarter is located in Kibuli, was sealed off as a crime scene in November 2017 when its head was arrested for alleged theft of exhibit Cocaine at Entebbe International Airport.
Since his arrest, the offices have remained locked down with all police officers deployed at the department restricted from accessing the offices.
The closure is allegedly meant to fail the entire department over a crime that was committed more than three years ago, according to some officers who spoke under condition of anonymity.
"They sealed off the place, took whatever they felt was of relevance, why then don't they open it up for work to continue.”
Tinka Zarugaba, Anti-narcotic chief was arrested together with six other senior and junior police officers including the then commandant of the Very Important Person Police Unit (VIPPU) Dodovico Awita.
The seven officers were at the time detained at Nalufenya police facility and have since been charged in court and released on bail. They are part of a group of eight officers implicated for alleged theft of 85 kilogrammes of cocaine from the Aviation Police evidence lockers in 2015