The Territorial Police in Serere has in custody a one Augesa Emmanuel, a 33-year-old former convict of murder, who was allegedly found in possession of a handmade ghost gun.
Many might wonder what a ghost gun is. A “ghost gun” is an unregulated firearm. Ghost guns are unserialized and untraceable firearms that can be bought online and assembled at home.
Meanwhile, according to police, Augesa allegedly jumped over the fence of Opolot Christine, a 68-year-old retired nurse from Alilimo cell, Akisim ward, Kyere Town Council, and threatened to shoot and kill her together with her housemaid, Apokorit Rhoda, aged 30.
The victims alerted the immediate neighbors, who forced the suspect to flee.
A complaint was thereafter made to the police in Serere, and the suspect was arrested from a bar in Kyere Town Council.
“Upon arrest, a thorough search was conducted at the suspect’s home in Obul village, Serere district, where the handmade ghost-gun was recovered,” said Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson.
Enanga disclosed that the gun had a firing pin, magazine and was fully functional, after it was test-fired, with two bullets of an AK 47 rifle, by the suspect.
“We do strongly condemn the illegal manufacture of handmade guns because they end up in the wrong hands of criminals who use them in senseless acts of violence and impunity. Such handmade guns have no serial numbers and, therefore, cannot be traced in the database of guns fingerprinted, “he said.
