Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have confirmed that the Nairobi regional CRIB and Operations unit have rearrested a suspected gun dealer who escaped after a previous arrest.
In a statement on August 2, the DCI confirmed that Shailesh Babubhai Mistry was in police custody having been arrested earlier on Friday at the Tamasha Bar in Nairobi’s Karen suburbs.
According to detectives, Shailesh who is the Director of Cateyes Customs Limited was found with a cache of weapons in his possession upon searching his car.
As per the DCI statement, the weapons recovered after a search in the suspect’s vehicle included a Sig Sauer P22 pistol, two Canik pistols with no working parts, six empty pistol magazines, thirty-three .38 special hollow point rounds and fourty three 9mm x 19 rounds.
In addition, the police recovered nine.45 auto rounds, two hundred and three.223 rounds, twelve 357 sig rounds, forty four380 auto rounds, twenty .38 special ARX rounds, twelve .308-win rounds, sixty.470 nitro rounds, one hundred and four 12 gauge shot gun rounds and thirty-seven 3006 SPRG rounds.
“A team of detectives drawn from Nairobi regional CRIB and Operations unit have re- arrested Shailesh Babubhai Mistry who had earlier in the day escaped from lawful custody,” the statement read.
“Mistry who is the director of Cateyes Customs Limited had been arrested earlier in the day at Tamasha Bar and Restaurant within Karen by DCI Karen detectives and escorted to Karen Police station where a search was conducted in his motor vehicle Registration No. KCQ 888N and a cache of weapons was recovered.”
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DCI Search Suspect’s House
Following his arrest, the suspect was escorted to his house where more weapons were recovered. While in the house, the suspect reportedly produced an expired civilian firearm license and was taken back to the police station for further processing.
“Later the suspect was escorted to his residence at Southlands Estate Jordan Court House No. 411 and upon search, one Benelli short gun, one hundred and seventy .223 rounds and forty 7.62 x 39 rounds of ammunitions were recovered.
“In the process, the suspect produced an expired civilian firearm certificate and was taken back to Karen police station where he was booked in for further processing,” DCI revealed.
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Shailesh Babubhai Escape
At the Police Station, Shailesh is said to have tricked the officers to escort him to his vehicle that was parked in the station yard to pick a sweater. In an unprecedented turn of events, however, he locked himself in his vehicle and sped off.
“While in the cells, Mistry requested to be escorted to his vehicle that was parked in the station yard to pick a sweater but in the process, he instead locked himself inside the vehicle and later drove fast out of the station gate and in the process injured an officer,” the statement read.
The detectives launched an immediate man hunt and with the aid of intelligence leads, the escapee was intercepted while driving his vehicle within Kasarani area where he was re-arrested and found with more weapons upon a search.
“A quick search was conducted inside his vehicle where 3 Pistol Magazines, 2 loaded with 15 rounds of 9mm ammunition each and one loaded with 14 rounds of 9mm ammunition were recovered. Additionally, nine slag 12 gauge shot Gun ammos were recovered also recovered,” DCI said.
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