{"id":173785,"date":"2025-10-22T10:55:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T01:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173785&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T01:55:34","slug":"five-ugandan-nationals-arrested-for-attempted-export-of-stolen-truck","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/five-ugandan-nationals-arrested-for-attempted-export-of-stolen-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Ugandan Nationals Arrested for Attempted Export of Stolen Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefectural Police arrested five Ugandan nationals, including 57-year-old Siraje Dong, head of Namagoma Trading Company in Miyawaka City, on suspicion of theft and customs law violations after allegedly stealing a medium-sized truck in Iizuka City in July and attempting to export it to Uganda. Investigators linked the group to a string of truck thefts across the prefecture since October last year. Police have confirmed eight similar thefts, seizing one truck and suspecting the group\u2019s involvement in the remaining seven. Authorities have not disclosed whether the suspects have admitted to the allegations. <\/span><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=16253651&amp;ymd=2025-10-21\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_truck-stolen_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Five Ugandan Nationals Arrested for Attempted Export of Stolen Truck\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_truck-stolen_2025_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_truck-stolen_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_truck-stolen_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_truck-stolen_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Prefectural Police arrested five Ugandan nationals, including 57-year-old Siraje Dong, head of Namagoma Trading Company in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173785","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}