Local Defense Unit-LDU personnel in Mukono is investigating a Special Forces Command- SFC soldier, over illegal possession of a gun and military uniforms,

Private Robert Chemutayi, 26 who is attached to the UPDF Tactical Training Center in Ruhengere, Kiruhura District was arrested after he knocked a Boda Boda rider in Mukono town on Thursday.

In the process, a gun, ammunition, military uniforms and a knife that he had wrapped in a carpet fell raising suspicion among residents

Henry Nkata a bodaboda rider who was knocked says that Chemutayi was over speeding.

Chemutayi who is currently detained at the army detach located at the community center in Mukono town survived the wrath of angry locals who wanted to lynch him.

He was however saved by the Deputy District Internal Security Officer- DISO Mukono, Geoffrey Mukisa who was in Mukono town at the time of the incident.

Mukisa says Chemutayi failed to explain why he was traveling with government stores.

The District Residents Officer Fred Bamwine notes that Chemutayi will be released after they have established how he ended up possessing the gun and ammunition.