The police inKampalahave arrested 10 suspected thugs in Kisenyi, a Kampala Citysuburb. The Deputy Police spokesperson Judith Nabakooba says that the suspects were found with iron bars, fake guns and keys the police suspects were being used to open peoples’ houses at night.

Nabakooba says that the suspects would be paraded before journalists after investigations. She says that the suspects were arrested after a tip off from one of the concerned residents.

Nabakooba also urged the members of the public with information about the activities of iron bar men and thugs to forward it to police for action. She says that the police will keep such information as a highly confidential information because it is aware of its sensitivity.

Hundreds of people in Kampala and its suburbs have been attacked by thugs in a period of less than six months and their property worth millions of shillings stolen.

By Stephen Kamoga