Uganda Revenue Authority – URA field services team have arrested a man identified as Davis Bakashabaruhanga who was allegedly found Smuggling 200 high end ink pens, worth 300 million shillings.
Bakashabaruhanga, in full military attire was reportedly driving a truck registration number UAE 050F accompanied by a minivan registration number UAZ 637N, along Mukono- Kayunga road, both filled with merchandise, but when stopped, Bakashabaruhanga confidently flashed a Uganda People’s Defense Forces -UPDF identity card which was later realised to be fake.
Julius Nkwasire, the Assistant Commissioner in charge of field services, the URA team immediately contacted their counterparts in the UPDF to report the soldier, but the army refuted Bakashabaruhanga’s credentials, prompting his arrest. The UPDF spokesperson, Brig. Flavia Byekwaso condemned acts of abusing the military uniform, saying this is a different offence by Bakashabaruhanga.
In her statement, she urged the public to be vigilant and report all such masquerades who set out to tarnish the name of the UPDF.
