Police ballistic examiners are analysing an AK47 rifle that was recovered by police in Kisumu days after a Ugandan police officer based at Central Police Station, Tororo was violently robbed by a gang.
The rifle serial number UG POL 861314 09446 was recovered by Kasagam police officers who were on patrol duties at Nyalenda A ward.
This was after they intercepted a suspicious Toyota Axio on January 27, whose five occupants immediately escaped, abandoning the vehicle.
A search therein led to the recovery of four mobile phones and the stolen rifle, police said.
Also found in the vehicle during processing by Crime Scene Investigations detectives was a homemade gun.
So far, the District Police Commander in Tororo Adam Kimuli has confirmed the violent robbery involving his officer, further noting that some accomplices had already been arrested in Uganda and charged before the Tororo District Court.
Meanwhile, painstaking forensic analyses are being explored to obtain crucial leads to the run-away suspects, and the vehicle detained for further processing.
Police say they want to understand the motive of the weapon being brought to Kenya.
