The police in Koboko have arrested two people and recovered firearms in an intelligence led operation that was conducted in in Nyelwa village, Midia sub county in Koboko District .

The operation was conducted by a joint team of police officers, GISO of Midia Subcounty in Koboko and the LCs of the area.

The team on Wednesday started by cordoning off the premises of one Zubeda Gisima, a 30 hear old business woman and a resident of Nyelwa village Midia sub-county, Koboko District where the fire arms were suspected to be.

A search was conducted at the same premises and the firearms were recovered in one of the rental rooms of a man only identified as Ivan who had rented and stayed for two weeks before disappearing to an unknown location.

The items recovered during the search included pistol No.T6115138 without a magazine, 78 live ammunition of SMG Rifle, Green plastic army bottle and six MTN sim cards.

The owner of the premises, one Zubeda Grisna and the dealer who connected Ivan to the landlord for a room to rent, Chandiga Francis, a South Sudan refugee were apprehended by police to assist in investigations

The exhibits recovered are being kept at Koboko central police station as inquiries continue in to the matter under Koboko SD ref 33/25/10/2023.