Gun Policy News
7 December 1999
New Vision (Kampala) / Africa News
KAMPALA, Uganda — The army is holding 560 metric tonnes of assorted arms, which the Burundi defence ministry recently imported from China, repoorts Yunusu Abbey.
Military sources said the weapons, loaded in 28 containers each 20ft in size, were seized immediately on arrival at Malaba border post on October 10.
"It seems the consignment was being ferried on Ugandan territory without government consent. Since the issue involved arms which belonged to another... (GunPolicy.org)