The Self reliant February 24, 2026 NEWS
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Soroti East Division beget impounded 261 passports and diverse immigration-linked paperwork allegedly being supplied illegally. The operation modified into performed on Sunday following intelligence stories about suspicious actions in Orwadai Cell, Soroti City.
In accordance with Ibrahim Saiga, the East Kyoga Regional Police Commander, officers had been alerted to the illegal sale of passports. “Once we performed our investigation, we recovered several paperwork, including certificates and vaccination cards, at the scene in Orwadai Cell,” Saiga acknowledged.
He confirmed that one suspect modified into arrested all over the operation, nonetheless is being withheld from the media as police proceed pursuing accomplices linked to the racket. Police command investigations are ongoing to verify that every one these enthusiastic are introduced to justice. Saiga urged members of the public to document any knowledge regarding false paperwork to the relevant authorities.
Authorities warned that involvement in passport fraud carries serious objective penalties beneath the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Withhold watch over Act. They outlined that illegal alteration or forgery of a passport attracts a magnificent of as much as 100 foreign money aspects or imprisonment of as much as 2 years, or every.
Possession of an illegal passport carries a magnificent of as much as 60 foreign money aspects or imprisonment of as much as 2 years, or every, whereas issuing or distributing illegal passports attracts a penalty of as much as 400 foreign money aspects or imprisonment of as much as five years, or every. Police beget urged the public to stay vigilant and beef up efforts to strive in opposition to doc fraud that threatens national security.
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