{"id":8592,"date":"2024-12-17T06:59:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T06:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/?p=8592"},"modified":"2024-12-17T08:30:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T08:30:24","slug":"hoima-stolen-gun-recovered-in-kagadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/2024\/12\/17\/hoima-stolen-gun-recovered-in-kagadi\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoima Stolen Gun Recovered in Kagadi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Edward Byamukama<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Police in Kagadi have successfully recovered a firearm that was stolen from a private security guard in Hoima City.<\/p>\n<p>The gun, a model 303 with registration number UGPOL 1118076134, was recovered on Friday at approximately 8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The theft occurred last month when a group of masked thugs raided the Nile Agro Depot in Kiryatete, Hoima City.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers confronted security guard Phelix Ebong, who was stationed at the depot under Express Security Company Limited and forcibly took his gun before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n<p>According to Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson, the stolen firearm was later used in an attempted robbery in Kagadi Town.<\/p>\n<p>The thieves targeted Emmanuel Kyaligonza\u2019s home on Friday night, holding him at gunpoint and demanding money.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kyaligonza managed to overpower the assailants and seized the gun from them, prompting the thieves to flee and abandon the weapon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are still working on identifying the suspects. Both during the robbery in Hoima and in Kagadi, the thugs wore masks, making it difficult to capture clear images of them,&#8221; Hakiza said.<\/p>\n<p>Police are currently investigating the matter and making efforts to apprehend the criminals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Edward Byamukama Police in Kagadi have successfully recovered a firearm that was stolen from a private security guard in Hoima City. The gun, a model 303 with registration number UGPOL 1118076134, was recovered on Friday at approximately 8:15 p.m. The theft occurred last month when a group of masked thugs raided the Nile Agro [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-bunyoro"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8592"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8595,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8592\/revisions\/8595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}