Uganda police have detained five people including journalists from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC Africa) who are reported to have been investigating the theft and sale of government drugs.
According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman Mr Patrick Onyango, three journalists -- Godfrey Badebye, Kassim Mohamad, and Rashid Kawesa -- and their driver Shafiq Kisame were arrested in Makindye, a Kampala suburb, where they were allegedly buying classified drugs from an undercover security officer on Wednesday night. Mr Mohamad is a Kenyan.
