Detectives have arrested a gang of at least six in an operation conducted in Nairobi’s Kayole, Umoja 3 and Kiamaiko in Huruma.
The six, four men and two women were found to have two pistols, one of which was stolen from an Inspector of Police last month.
“Preliminary investigations have so far revealed that the Ceska pistol was robbed from an inspector of police in a police station in Kamukunji on June 17, 2024, when members of the gang accosted him at night,” the Director of Criminal Investigations said.
Detectives said the pursuit of the gang started after Nairobi-based crime researchers unearthed a trend in which club-hopping women spike drinks of targeted revelers.
These revellers, the DCI said were mostly those licensed to carry firearms.
“Once stupefied and knocked out, the women disappear with the firearms and other goodies, arming their hit team of four who unleash untold terror in their neighborhoods.
“But the gang's 40th day came racing when forensic analysis gave away the two women,” the sleuths said.
DCI said 15 rounds of ammunition were found in the house rented by the two ladies and upon interrogation they led the detectives to Umoja 3 where their two suspected accomplices were nabbed and proceeded to Huruma kwa Chege where a fifth suspect was arrested.
The fifth suspect led the detectives to a house in Kiamaiko where two pistols (Ceska and Falcon) and three live rounds were recovered.
A sixth suspect is also in custody.
“The suspects, including a sixth person of interest have been taken to custody as documentation of the exhibits continue pending ballistic analysis.”
