Kenya: Two Ugandans among smuggles killed

(SomaliNet) Kenyan police on Thursday killed four people, including two Ugandans, who were smuggling coffee in the country\'s western region, a local administrator said.

Four other suspects were arrested and two G3 rifles and a pistol were recovered during the operation in Mount Elgon, which borders Uganda, said area district commissioner Mohammed Biriki.

The gang, which included a Kenyan paramilitary officer, was smuggling coffee from a local factory when they were killed, Biriki told state-run Kenya News Agency.

The operation occurred in the volatile Mount Elgon region, where land clashes have claimed at least 210 people and displaced 66 000 others since December, officials say.-AFP