Police in Uganda are holding nine people for allegedly conning a Sudanese national of $160,000 in a bogus gold deal.
The suspects include one Kenyan, a Congolese and a Rwandan.
Deputy
police spokesman Patrick Onyango told journalists on Tuesday that the
suspects were arrested by the Aviation Police after Mr Adham Eltejani
Ahmed, a Sudanese, reported the theft of $160,000 on June 6 at the
Entebbe International Airport.
“We have broken into a
racket of fraudsters who were arrested from various places within
Entebbe and Kampala. On June 6, Mr Eltejani, a 45-year-old Sudanese
national and resident of Saudi Arabia, reported a theft case that
occurred on June 5,” he said.
The prospect
Mr Onyango said one Dr Athman, a resident of Malaysia, lured Mr Eltejani to travel to Uganda with the prospect of buying gold.
On reaching Uganda, Mr Eltejani was linked to a Mr Abubaker Luhindo, who said he had a company which deals in gold.
He
was reportedly made to pay the money and sign some documents in
exchange for the gold which was never delivered by the suspects.
Charged with theft
“The
suspects have been running a company called Gold Soko Africa Limited in
Kiwafu Estate Kasanga, a Kampala suburb. We are still looking for five
more suspects,” Mr Onyango said.
Mr Onyango further
noted that gold samples were to be taken to the Government Analytical
Laboratory and the suspects would be charged with theft.
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