Police in Busia District have recovered five vehicles believed to have been stolen from Uganda’s capital Kampala, through a crackdown aimed at curbing car thefts as an emerging cross-border crime.

A brand-new double cabin pickup truck belonging to the Ugandan Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been recovered after it was reportedly stolen from the Kampala suburb of Kireka.

With the help of their Kenya counterparts and Geographical Positioning Systems (GPS) tracking devices, the car was recovered at one of the houses along Mumias Road in Busia Municipality, (Kenya side), according to Bukedi South Region Police Publicist Moses Mugwe.

“The interceptions we have made in the past few months indicate that the Eastern border is a no-go area for criminals who steal vehicles from Kampala and want to use the porous borders to take them to Kenya,” Mugwe added on Sunday.

Mugwe cited the good working relationship they have established with the Kenya government as being crucial to the recovery of the vehicle and the fight against cross border crime.

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