- Police say the racket involves bank staff, police and other robbers.
- Some of these robbers not only have guns but also handcuffs
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Detectives are investigating an incident in which a businessman was trailed and robbed of Sh1.7 million moments after he had withdrawn the money from a bank along Mombasa Road, Nairobi.
The businessman told police he had on August 1 withdrawn the cash from the bank and drove to his Syokimau home where the robbery took place.
The gang broke into his car and grabbed the cash from the boot where he had parked it at an apartment.
The daring gang trailed the man for almost five kilometres to his Syokimau area where they waited for the businessman to get into his house and later broke into the car and grabbed the cash.
According to the victim, the gang even went to the apartment and pretended to be on other missions as their accomplices broke into the car where he had left the cash.
The drama was captured on security cameras in the bank and the apartment where the incident occurred.
He told police he had been to a bank along Mombasa Road where he waited to withdraw money for a project he was working on.
At the banking hall, one of the suspects captured on CCTV cameras in Syokimau was also queuing waiting to be “served”.
But when his time came to be served he excused himself and left the banking hall as the victim was also being served.
As the victim carried the cash and placed it in a safe in the car's boot, the suspects were monitoring him.
They then trailed him from the parking lot to Syokimau where they grabbed the cash.
No injuries were reported and the victim came to realize the same minutes later.
Athi River head of DCI Wesley Kiprotich said they are pursuing good leads into the incident.
He added the car used in the attack bore fake number plates.
Police visited the scene as part of the probe.
Another team visited the bank where he said he withdrew the cash as part of the investigations.
No arrest or recovery has been made so far and police say this is the latest such incident to be reported in the area.
Police are investigating the latest incidents, with preliminary investigations revealing that it could have been an inside job.
Police have warned the public against carrying large sums of money.
The victims are trailed from the bank after withdrawals to their residences or places of work where they can be easily robbed or wounded in the process.
Officials say not all customers and bank staff are genuine.
Some of the thieves behind the trend pose as customers to identify customers making huge withdrawals before they alert their accomplices outside the bank.
Police say the racket involves bank staff, police and other robbers.
Some of these robbers not only have guns but also handcuffs.
They are also suspected of having police radios and using different vehicles.