Inspector General Peter Mukhito said the arrests were a clean up exercise to remove officers in the accounts and internal audit departments at the national headquarters.
He said a preliminary audit showed that $150 000 had recently been stolen through dubious payments.
Mukhito said the officers had formed a syndicate to steal from police coffers. He added that some of the arrested lived beyond their means.
Members of the 7 000-strong national police receive an average salary of $100 a month.
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