The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has arrested seven foreign nationals in connection with illegal sand mining in Lwera Wetland located in Kalungu District.
The operation that started in the night along Kampala-Masaka Road, also impounded 13 sinotruk lorries and four excavators, among other equipment.
In April this year, NEMA halted all illegal sand mining activities in Lwera during an earlier operation in which the said miners were tasked to restore the part of the wetland they had degraded.
The restoration exercise, aimed at liberating Uganda’s wetlands and other fragile ecosystems, is part of the series of operations the Authority is currently carrying out across the country.
Investigations into the matter are being concluded and the suspects will be charged in accordance with the law.
