South Sudanese security officials have recovered a motorcycle stolen from Uganda in an intelligence-led cross-border operation conducted on Wednesday along the Uganda-South Sudan border.
The motorcycle, a red Bajaj Boxer registration number UMA 227GM, was recovered from Aboloro Village in Pogee Payam, Magwi County, South Sudan, just across the Ngomoromo border checkpoint in Lukung Sub-county in Lamwo District.
Favour fm has established through both Ugandan and South Sudanese security officials that two suspects crossed through the Ngomoromo border checkpoint in Uganda with the stolen motorcycle on Wednesday morning before security agencies tracked it down hours later.
The motorcycle had been stolen on Tuesday night at around 9:45 pm from Kirombe Ward in Gulu City in Northern Uganda by armed assailants who also shot and injured its rider, identified as Dafalla Okech age 43.
On the same night, three other motorcycles were reportedly stolen in separate incidents in Bardege-Layibi and Laroo-Pece divisions, according to Ugandan security officials.
A security official stationed at the Uganda–South Sudan Ngomoromo border checkpoint, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media, said the suspects fled after they were confronted by South Sudanese security personnel during the operation.
The Commander of the UPDF Fourth Infantry Division, Maj. Gen. Felix Busizoori confirms the recovery of the stolen motorcycle in an exclusive interview withFavour fm. Gen. Busizoori said that although the suspects escaped arrest, the operation to hunt them down and dismantle their network is ongoing.
By URN
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