| By Zurah Nakabugo |
Police is hunting for a Belgian national who allegedly frauded his business partners over 285bn in gold and diamond scam.
Bakkali AbdelMalik is on run after his business partners led by John Ngagole a Congolese national, opened up a case against him at central police station in Kampala on Ref; SD 59/11/07/2022 .
These aggrieved businessmen, are accusing Bakkali reportedly operating a mineral miming firm – Miming West Jewellery Trading Company CO .LLC which also has offices in Dubai.
Ngogole said they handed over 637kg of crude gold and 200 carats of diamonds to Bakkali in June but since he has disappeared.
“Our practice has been that we hand over the gold to Bakkali, which he purifies and sells in United Arab of Emirates especially Dubai before paying us.
But this time around he disappeared and switched off his phones after we handed over the minerals “Ngogale Said.
He told the police that they trusted Bakkali , also they had been dealing with him for over five years in minerals .
Kampala Metropolitan deputy spokesperson Luke Oweyesigyire said there were many cases registered at the central police in Kampala and could not establish the status of the matter by the time.
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