By Weswa Ronnie
BUTALEJA
The Police of Butaleja have arrested a man suspected to have stolen 12 heads of cattle with the assistance of a Canine Unit in Busolwe Sub County, Butaleja District.
Godfrey Hasahya, a male adult of Bunghumu North, Busolwe Sub County in Butaleja district, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon, 17th December on suspicion of having stolen 12 heads of cattle from his neighbour known as Robert Kato.
According to the Police, Kato reported his case on Wednesday morning at Busolwe police station, complaining that his 12 heads of cattle had gone missing on Tuesday night.
The Butaleja DPC, Jackson Maumbe, coordinated with Tororo regional Police for a Sniffer dog, which tracked the scent of Hasahya, for a distance of 1.5KM from the scene of theft.
The Police also revealed that they found some clothes: a pair of trousers and a coat with fresh cow dung, beneath the suspect’s bed. They carried the attires as exhibit to pin Hasahya in court.
The DPC adds that interestingly, during the search, Hasahya, was among the angry crowd that was anxious to prove who stole the cattle.
However, when the Sniffer dog sat on the door way to Hasahya’s semi- permanent house, the angry residents confronted the suspect with intentions to kill him instantly, thank God that the Police fired teargas to manage the situation.
Cattle theft has increased in Butaleja district apparently, to the extent that the NRM new mobiliser and former MP for Bunyole West, Jacob Wangolo, addressing a rally at Bugalo parish, Nawanjofu sub county, on Tuesday, advised them to kill anybody, suspected to be a thief as a solution to the escalating vice.
