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Security forces foil break-in at National Medical Stores facility in Entebbe, arrest three suspects

Corruption & Abuse of Office Official claim Wakiso 11 Jan 2026 Severity: 3/5

According to State House Health Monitoring Unit director Dr Warren Namara, security officers including the Special Forces Command arrested three suspects who had broken into the National Medical Stores facility in Entebbe and were loading medical equipment into a van with fake number plates. He said two suspects were injured and in hospital; a security source told the Daily Monitor they had gunshot wounds, while police said only that the suspects were 'neutralised'. NMS said nothing was lost and that items worth about Shs100m were recovered.

Official claim: These are the figures given by State House Health Monitoring Unit (Dr Warren Namara); Uganda Police Force; they could not be checked independently.

Numbers

2 injured · 3 arrested or detained

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