The Uganda Police Force has embarked on a firearm fingerprinting exercise, in a bid to solve gun-related crimes in the country.The exercise began in Kampala Metropolitan Areas, and is to be rolled out across the country.

A Uganda police statement released Tuesday said all firearms are to be subjected to the Integrated Ballistic Identification System (IBIS).

“The IBIS is an automated ballistics imaging and analysis system that populates a computerized database of digital ballistic images of bullets and casings from crime guns.