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Ugandan singer arrested with 48 passports

Amelia [Photo: Courtesy]

Ugandan singer Amelia Nambala is in custody after she was arrested at Kampala Sheraton Hotel on suspicion of human trafficking, reports the Daily Monitor.

According to the news outlet, Nambala was intercepted at the five-star hotel after scanners at a checkpoint detected suspicious items in her bags. When security guards found 48 passports in her possession, they notified the police, who arrested and detained the afro-fusion star at Central Police Station (CPS), Kampala.

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