Police in Kisoro arrest 28 suspected illegal miners, 25 of them Rwandan, at Kirwa wolfram mines

Police in Kisoro district arrested 28 people accused of illegally mining wolfram at the government-owned Kirwa mines in Kabaya Village, Nyarubuye Sub County, according to Kigezi region police spokesperson Elly Maate. He said 25 of the suspects were Rwandan nationals who had allegedly entered Uganda through unofficial crossing points, that about 30 kilograms of wolfram were recovered, and that charges of illegal mining and staying in Uganda without valid travel permits had been preferred.