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Man arrested for using ambulance to smuggle bags of rice instead of transporting patients

William Kasoba by William Kasoba
April 5, 2020
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) customs enforcement team at Busitema has intercepted a man using an ambulance to smuggle bags of rice.

The officer at the URA customs says instead of transporting patients, the culprit was carrying rice destined for delivery to Kampala. He has been handed over to police pending further investigation.

Earlier this week, President Museveni prohibited all people to people movement by everybody including those using their private vehicles, bodabodas, tuk tuks etc.

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