The 19-year-old daughter of Bishop Fred Muhwezi of West Ankole Diocese, Uganda, Peace Ansimiire, has been arrested by officers of the Flying Squad Unit for faking her own kidnap.
The police disclosed the development in a statement saying that Ansimire connived with her 22-year-old boyfriend, Julius Atwebembire, to allegedly fake her kidnap in a bid to defraud her parents of Shs 3.5 million.
LIB reports that the couple had intended to use the money to start a craft shoe business in Kenya and later get married after saving money from their business.
The police reportedly used a tracking system and Shs 750,000 of bait money to trace Ansimiire’s whereabouts.
She was reportedly found living with her boyfriend in Kasubi, Rubaga Division in Kampala.
The police also revealed that the suspects were only found with Shs 250,000 of the Shs 750,000 which had been sent as a deposit for the ransom.
The pair claimed to have used Shs 500,000 to buy a smartphone, which they were using to communicate with her parents.
Tthe suspects are currently being detained at the Central Police Station (CPS) Kampala on SD REF. 07/22/04/2018 and have been charged with obtaining money by menace.
During the interrogation, the police also reportedly discovered that Atwebembire was also running a fake Facebook page named Hillmark Consultants which claims to help secure jobs for unemployed people in Canada.
For this reason, he was charged with another count of electronic fraud.
Source: Pulse.ng
