Police in Katooke have arrested suspected vehicles number plate thieves involved in activities of extorting money from residents of Katooke, Kibwa, Wamala,Nabweru, Lugoba, Kazo, Nansana and Kawempe.
Three suspects identified as Kuraish Lubuulwa 17, Ramadhan Kabooyo aka Amooti 22 andExperito Ssengoba 19 years were arrested with 29 stolen vehicle number plates.
Police said that this followed numerous complaints from residents about raising vehicle vandalism and number plate theft by unknown suspects who leave behind their Mobile numbers demanding for mobile money before giving back the plates.
After several hours of questioning the suspects opened up and led police to different locations where they hid the number plates.
