A joint operation by the Uganda Police Force and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) arrested five suspects and destroyed four acres of marijuana in Paminyai Subcounty, Nwoya District.[1]

Aswa West regional police spokesperson ASP David Ongom Mudong said the suspects are believed to be part of a trafficking syndicate supplying marijuana to South Sudan through illegal border routes and to consumers in Gulu City.[1] The three-day crackdown targeted cannabis cultivators and traffickers said to be using Nwoya and neighbouring districts as transit corridors.[1]

Mudong called the operation part of a broader effort to dismantle narcotics networks and said the forces would sustain it until all such cells are neutralised.[1] The Criminal Investigations Department is compiling case files for the Resident State Attorney, and the suspects are expected to face legal action.[1]