Police has arrested and charged five officers who were caught on video siphoning fuel from a vehicle that had been involved in an accident along the road.
Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson confirmed their arrest while addressing the media on the general security situation in the country.
“Notably, an update on the officers who were captured on video siphoning fuel from a truck. The officers have been arrested and charged with discreditable conduct,” Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga said.
They have been identified as; Sgt Okello Brian Sadik, CPL Dragudu Ceasar, PC Oven Albert, PC Ocen Christopher and PC Adoro Anthony, all charged of discreditable conduct, theft and conspiracy and detained at CPS Nwoya, pending court action.
The video of the officers siphoning fuel went viral as a number of community members watched the officers; who should have protected the risky scene, getting involved in fetching the fuel.
The preliminary information indicates that on the 29th August 2020, officers responded to a call from the Commander Integrated Highway Patrol from Karuma–Pakwach Highway that a fuel tanker reg. no. CGO-1296AA – 06/CGO1277AA – 06 carrying petrol from Eldoret (Kenya) enroute Uganda to DRC overturned at Wipolo, Agung, Anaka sub-county along the Karuma – Arua highway in Nwoya district.
A good amount of fuel spilled over due to the accident, presenting a danger to other road users and people from the immediate neighborhood.
Although the initial response team from the Integrated Highway Patrol helped to secure the scene, they were captured on camera siphoning fuel out of the tanker. A Joint Security Re-enforcement Team was further dispatched from Nwoya and the scene effectively secured and condoned off to prevent or minimize exposure. This enabled the transporters to offload and transfer about 17000 litres of fuel into another fuel tanker under registration number CGO-918200-07 and CGO-33800AA-07.
