Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested two suspects who robbed a newlywed couple in Olooseos area, Kajiado County on March 18, 2024.
In a statement, DCI said the two, John Mwangi alias Mankufa and James Mwandiki invaded a holding room the couple was staying in before embarking on their honeymoon in Kiserian, Kajiado county.
Mankufa and Mwandiki are believed to have orchestrated the Monday night robbery, where they stole gifts, household items and electronics while in a gang of five to eight men.
“On receiving the report, Nairobi region crime researchers teamed up with law enforcers from Kajiado West in a scrupulous manhunt for the mannerless felons,” the statement read in part.
“Following crucial intelligence leads, the team hunted down two identified disciples of the gang, fishing them up within Kiserian township.”
DCI explained that the gang was armed with all manner of crude weapons, the malefactors forced entry into the couple’s apartment by scaling the wall and cutting a window grill.
Detectives Recover Stolen Items
The bridegroom suffered several injuries in an effort to protect his bride and their host from the robbers.
“Aware that neighbors would in no time respond to the commotion, the gang hurriedly parked up two TV sets (50″ & 48″), a microwave, a 13kg gas cylinder, a UPS inverter, three smartphones, duvets among other wedding gifts and beetled off,” the statement added.
John and James were briefly interrogated, thereafter leading the detectives to their hideout at Olooseos where some of the robbed items, including others believed to have been stolen in previous burglaries were recovered.
The suspects are still behind bars as detectives pursue their accomplices.
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This comes a few days after DCI officers arrested four suspects including three Nigerians in the ongoing crackdown on drug traffickers and peddlers in Nairobi, Kenya.
The suspects were arrested in a joint operation spearheaded by Anti-Narcotics and Transnational Organized Crimes detectives.
One of the suspects, Igboke Okwuchukwu Stephen, was found with several pellets of a brown powdery substance concealed in his house at Nasra Estate.
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He was booked in by Anti-Narcotics (ANU) officers at the Muthaiga Police Station.
Njuguna Karumo was also interrogated at DCI’s Mazingira Complex after similar substances were found hidden under the mats of his vehicle in Ruaka town.
In a separate operation, the other two suspects, Ilo Ebuka Titus and Kanu Arinze, were arrested in Nyamakima in Nairobi CBD.
