KAMPALA: Police in Kampala have arrested a man identified as Sulaiman Mkanda for allegedly attempting to steal a motorcycle using a fake police warrant card.
The incident took place on April 19, 2022, at about midnight in Namungona Zone.
It is alleged that on the fateful night while Mkada was on a motorcycle being ridden by another man only identified as Aine, he stopped an oncoming motorcycle UFL 990Q, pulled out a Fake Police Warrant card reading D/AIP Sulaiman Byaruhanga to prove to the rider that he was a Police officer and begun questioning him why he was riding very fast.
The rider identified as Abdul Bukenya was shaken and allowed the suspect Mkanda to remove the ignition Key.
However, in the process, police officers on patrol led by Oc Namungona arrived and Mkanda threw away the warrant card plus the ignition key and took off.
“The patrollers pursued and arrested him after a serious struggle. He was taken to Old Kampala Police station where he is currently being held,” Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire said.
He said they have preferred charges of impersonating a police officer and that of theft of a motorcycle on the suspect.
“Relevant statements have been recorded and the suspect will be arraigned in courts of law as soon as possible. We are also looking into other many allegations where victims have come out to allege that officers not in uniform have previously disappeared with their motorcycles upon impounding them,” he said.