Suspect in a Police uniform
Fauswali Isabirye, has been putting on a police uniform and pretends to be a serving officer, carries out arrests of unsuspecting boda boda riders.
He was been carrying out thefts with his colleague Moses Tukesiye and both are residents of Palisa District.
It is alleged Isabirye impounds the motorcycles before telling his victims to find him at the nearby police station.
However, he would disappear with their motorcycles and ride them to Pallisa where he has a buyer.
The two suspects have stolen two motorcycles registration numbers UER 349U and UEV 434V from Old Kampala area, and both incidents were captured on police CCTV cameras.
After the complaints, his image was put in the CCTV system, which detected him on sight Monday and alerted police officers in the control room.
Police officers on ground were informed and he was arrested.
He says the colleague Moses Tukesiye is currently hiding in Palisa District.
He confessed to the theft of these motorcycles and its alleged he has been selling each motorcycle at Shs 100, 000 to unsuspecting buyers.
He is charged with theft of motorcycles and impersonation, he is currently detained at Old Kampala Police station as investigations and possible arrest of his colleague into the matter go on.
