Police caught the driver after he mercilessly beat up his boss and tried to steal his money
A driver who wanted to get rich fast has been apprehended after he
mercilessly beat his boss and tried to run away with his money in
Uganda.
According to The Monitor,
police have foiled and arrested the driver of Dott Service Company for
attempting to rob the company’s money. Mr Zed Bola, allegedly tried to
make off with Shs148m and $2000 (about Shs6m) the company had withdrawn
from Standard Chartered Bank on Thursday evening.
Speaking on the incident, Mr Michael Kasigire, DPC Kira Road Police
Station, said Mr Bola had reportedly connived with other criminals to
waylay the vehicle but his accomplices seemed to have feared the heavy
security surveillance on the main and access roads in Kololo.
Mr Kasigire said Mr Bola started persuading his boss, Mr. Muthzne
Hanzmz, who was with him in the vehicle with the cash, to allow him use
an alternative free route, giving him excuses of traffic jam.
“Mr Hanzmz insisted that they should use the main road but
driver locked the windows and started driving at break neck speed. This
attracted the attention of boda boda riders and police men on Kololo
roads and they trailed the vehicle,” Mr Kasigire said.
He said Mr Bola, on seeing people tailing him, started dropping
bundles of money to divert them but in vain. He said the suspect later
abandoned the car with his battered boss in it and scampered to City
High Secondary School where he was arrested trying to hide the bag that
contained the money.
“He requested our police officers to let him go and get rid of
poverty. He promised to give them a share if they left him to go. The
officers defied his inducement,” Mr Kasigire said.
While paraded before the media, Mr Bola denied having intentions to
steal his boss’s money claiming he was saving it from robbers in the
vehicle that was trailing them.
Mr Kasigire said this was the second incident in less than four
months where the workers of the same company have connived with
criminals to rob its money. He therefore warned the company to always
seek police security whenever carrying huge sums of money.
In October last year, police arrested three armed men who were
plotting to rob Crane Bank branch at Kyambogo, Nakawa Division on the
Kampala - Jinja highway.
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