Uganda Police has on a chilly Tuesday morning confirmed to this website that arrests were made in relation to the abduction of Kimberly Sue.
The American tourist was kidnapped on last week together with her tour guide Jean Paul Mirenge, a Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth National Park before the captors demanded $500000 ransom.
Security agencies dispatched their elite units to manhunt and rescue Kimberly and Paul.
After 5 days, the duo was found alive in jungles of Isasha near DRC border.
It later emerged that, a ransom was paid before the kidnappers released the victims. However, police said it had not arrested the suspected criminals.
On Monday night this website broke news of the arrest of men suspected to have masterminded the kidnap.
However, TrumpetNews hadn’t fully verified the information as no security official was available for a comment.
Speaking to Uganda Police Spokesperson, CP Fred Enanga, on Tuesday he confirmed that he learnt of “some arrests.”
“I am going to office and shortly I will issue a statement,” he said on phone.
Regarding the number of suspects, Enanga said those details will be included in the statement.
Here are the details of our previous story..
Two men suspected to have been behind the kidnap of Kimberly Sue and her driver, Jean Paul Mirenge, in Queen Elizabeth Natioanl Park have Monday been arrested.
According to reports, the suspects are identified as Akimu Kiniga and Kwarisiima, all residents of Kihihi town in Western Uganda.
They were flown in a military chopper to Kampala for interrogation.
An online publication, Command1 Post, earlier Monday reported that the pair smuggles, conducts illegal ivory dealings, sells and buys dried fish from Lake Kyoga and smuggles it to DRC.
Kihihi is a town center in Kanungu District which borders with Queen Elizabeth Park where Kimberly and her tour guide were abducted.
Reports further suggest that the suspected captors were arrested by a joint security team of police and UPDF commandos who camped in the area since last week.
The abductees were Sunday freed on grounds that a ransom of $500000 had been paid by the American’s family.