Police Arrests 8 Congolese in Munyonyo Found in Possession of Fake Dollars and Gold

Eight people have been arrested in a predawn raid by the Uganda Police on a property in Munyonyo, a Kampala suburb targeting dealers in counterfeit currency and fake gold. They had cash worth 9Billion.

Charles Twine, the spokesperson of the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID says the suspects were found with counterfeit currency notes worth US$ 2.4 M, about Shillings 9 billion that was ready for circulation in Uganda and abroad.

According to Twine, suspects are mostly foreigners from the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC (5), Cameroon, 2 Nigerians and 1 Ugandan. The Congolese came to Uganda as refugees. During the operation, police also recovered brass rods, powder and fake gold and different oils.

The development comes days after a joint security team comprising the police, the military and intelligence organs arrested Lt. Enoch Katwesigye Kyebijunga, a retired UPDF soldier in a gold scam that saw an American National lose over US$ 3.5m, close to Shillings 13 billion.