Ugandan police almost came face-to-face with their maker when witch doctors threw a snake at them as an attempt to evade arrest.
According to the Daily Monitor, officers at the Kasese Central Police were left battling with a live Erycinae snake, commonly known as Sand Boa, when they went to Kidodo village to make an arrest.
This comes after a student reported that the witch doctors conned him off Shs800 000, equivalent to R2900.
It is reported that the four suspected witch doctors threw the snake at the officers before two of the suspects ran off.
“We managed to convince the remaining suspects to catch their snake with the promise of not getting arrested. After the snake was placed in a bag, we arrested the suspects and took them to the police station together with the snake.
"Police have managed to recover Shs500,000 from the suspects and paid it back to the victim,” The officer in charge of criminal investigations department, Mr Richard Ssuna, was quoted on Monitor.
The charge of obtaining money by false pretence has been dropped, but the witch doctors have been charged with possession of a protected wildlife species under the UWA Act.
Witch doctor throws snake at police to evade arrest
Ugandan police almost came face-to-face with their maker when witch doctors threw a snake at them as an attempt to evade arrest.
According to the Daily Monitor, officers at the Kasese Central Police were left battling with a live Erycinae snake, commonly known as Sand Boa, when they went to Kidodo village to make an arrest.
This comes after a student reported that the witch doctors conned him off Shs800 000, equivalent to R2900.
It is reported that the four suspected witch doctors threw the snake at the officers before two of the suspects ran off.
“We managed to convince the remaining suspects to catch their snake with the promise of not getting arrested. After the snake was placed in a bag, we arrested the suspects and took them to the police station together with the snake.
"Police have managed to recover Shs500,000 from the suspects and paid it back to the victim,” The officer in charge of criminal investigations department, Mr Richard Ssuna, was quoted on Monitor.
The charge of obtaining money by false pretence has been dropped, but the witch doctors have been charged with possession of a protected wildlife species under the UWA Act.