By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
Police has arrested a woman believed to belong to a clique of thieves who target organised workshops and conferences, at different hotels and steal from their clients or alert their other accomplices about potential targets.
According to a Police Statement issued on 8th April, 2024, Nanteza Joan is currently detained at Kira road CPS and will be charged for impersonation and criminal trespass with intent to steal or commit a felony.
Nanteza was arrested after she trespassed into one of the conference halls at Kabira Country Club and pretended to be a participant in a workshop, organised by ACODE. She registered herself as Abuje Sharon, which name was not in the participants list.
Enanga says this clique targets smart phones, bags, ipads, laptops, during break time, photo sessions and at the closure of workshops.
“Upon interrogation, the suspect claimed she was a student of Environmental Studies, Evening classes at Makerere University, which was established to be false. We suspect university students were another group of targeted persons,” says Enanga.
Enaga revealed further that on the 29.01.2024, the same Nanteza attended a workshop at Riders Hotel in Seeta, under different names and stole a Samsang Tablet with an installed Health Information System Program which was recovered from her upon her arrest.
Enanga says police has started expansive investigations to locate other accomplices and recovery of stolen items.
