Metallic Boxes with fake US dollars found in the garage at Entebbe Airport.

KAMPALA – UGANDA: The Anti-Corruption Unit State House assisted by the Aviation Security at Entebbe and Local leaders have landed on 40 large and medium metallic boxes containing suspected counterfeit US dollars at a tune of $2m.

This was after a search in a garage around Entebbe Municipality, where a consignment that is suspected to have been smuggled from Entebbe International Airport was being hidden.

The Head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU), Brig. Gen. Henry Isoke said that upon the search it was discovered that the suspected to hoodwink their would-be targets, the fraudsters added soil in the boxes to exaggerate their weight.

Osoke added that between May and later October, SH-ACU received a tip-off on a consignment that was suspiciously being held at the Airport and since then, SH-ACU, together with other security agencies, started monitoring the consignment.

“The Unit’s determination in coordination with other sister agencies to crack down on criminals who target innocent citizens and foreigners to extort from them colossal sums of money through fraudulent and fake transactions.” Said Brig. Gen. Isoke.

It is alleged that on 17th December, the consignment was smuggled out of the Airport from which the SH-ACU investigation team was tipped off and traced the same in a motor vehicle garage around Entebbe.

Upon conducting a search, the joint Investigation team discovered 40 large and medium metallic boxes containing suspected counterfeit and to hoodwink their would-be targets, the fraudsters added soil in the boxes to exaggerate their weight.

Besides the fake currency, the team also recovered several bulky, well-wrapped boxes, falsely appearing to contain goods in transit, yet they had useless items, including empty crates of soda and beer.

The investigations team has further confirmed the arrest of three suspects as efforts to apprehend others still at large are ongoing.