Two suspects were Wednesday arrested as they returned to a scene of a robbery with violence they had been involved in Juja, Kiambu.
The suspects, who are officers attached to Kamkunji police in Nairobi, were arrested by their Juja counterparts as they revisited a scene they had earlier robbed two men of more than Sh500,000.
The first robbery happened on July 31 on Kenyatta Road, police said. This is almost 30km away.
A victim, who is a student at Machakos University, told police he was driving a saloon car after attending a ceremony in Embu when he was blocked by another car.
Three men armed with pistols jumped out and handcuffed him, demanding that he takes them to his friend, identified as Abdulrahaman Juma.
Police suspect the officers had been trailing the university student, identified as Robinson Mogaka, who was using a rented car.
On arrival at Juma’s house, the officers also handcuffed him and forced both of them to take them to Total petrol station in Marurui along Northern Bypass, police said.
There, they forced the two to fuel their (officers’) car for Sh6,000, the victims said.
They also forced Robinson to transfer Sh85,000 from his mobile phone and $4,300 (Sh613,000) from both complainants through Binance online transaction.
They then abandoned the two and left. The complainants reported the matter at Juja police station, prompting a probe.
Come Wednesday, police were tipped the same suspects were going to Juma’s house for more money, prompting a trap, which nabbed the two officers and two other suspected civilian accomplices.
One of the officers was then armed with a Jericho pistol loaded with 14 bullets and had a police pocket phone radio.
Police also detained two salon cars, a Toyota Auris and VW Polo the suspects had.
The suspects are on Friday expected in court to face robbery with violence charges as the probe into the incident and others goes on.
Police officers handling the matter termed it isolated and vowed justice.
They argued they have internal mechanisms to address such cases of rogue officers.