NFA team intercepts suspected extortion gang posing as officials in Bombo–Kalule area, one shot and arrested

The National Forestry Authority said its enforcement team intercepted suspected members of a gang that had been posing as NFA officials and staging illegal roadblocks to extort charcoal traders, as they stopped a charcoal truck in the Bombo–Kalule area. According to NFA communications manager Aldon Walukamba, officers fired warning shots and one suspect was shot in the foot and arrested, while two others fled; NFA said the arrested suspect would face robbery charges.