Police in Masaka are holding two men accused of vending fake HIV treatment drugs and conning dozens of his victims of millions of shillings for “treatment”.
The suspects are 37 year old Festo Mugabe, a Rwandan national living in Kanombe village, Nyarugunga in Kigali and 28 year old Nathan Karamuzi, a resident of Kalwazi in Kakuuto sub county, Kyotera district.
The duo was picked up by police from a Hotel in Masaka City, where they were operating their “treatment center” for conning unsuspecting clients.
They were picked on a tip off by some of their clients who became suspicious of the herbal concoctions they were administering to the HIV patients and their mode of treatment.
Twaha Kasirye, the Greater Masaka Regional Police Spokesperson says Police have also recovered the herbal concoctions.
The suspects had hired a hotel room in Masaka City, which they were using as their treatment and counseling center.
It is alleged that the two have been charging their victims between 150,000 and 300,000 shillings for a dosage of the herbal concoction, and misleading HIV positive patients to stop swallowing ARV drugs prescribed to them.
By URN
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