Police on Saturday arrested three suspects over alleged robbery with violence in Gem, Yala Subcounty.
Police said that the three suspects had allegedly been committing a series of robberies with violence in the area.
The three, have been pursued by police for their alleged involvement in a robbery with violence incident on January 3, 2025, at a timber yard and hardware store near Ulumbi Junction along the Kisumu-Busia highway.
“On that day, the trio purportedly attacked and killed the watchman and brazenly stole assorted hardware goods,” police said.
Police claimed that on January 20, 2025, at Nyang’oma Market, the three together with their accomplices vandalised a transformer, causing a power outage in the said market.
They thereafter allegedly killed the watchman and seriously injured another before breaking into a phone accessories shop.
Police claimed the three allegedly stole a Dell laptop, three smartphones, and other valuables.
According to police, the suspects continued their reign of terror on January 29, 2025, at Yala Market, where they allegedly injured guards.
Police claimed that they broke into a shop afterwards and made off with assorted airtime scratch cards, smartphones and valuable merchandise.
“After meeting their Waterloo, the suspects are in police custody,
undergoing processing as they await their court appearance,” detectives added.
DCI is mandated to investigate all serious criminal cases as guided by law.
They collect and provide criminal intelligence, and undertake Investigations on serious crimes including homicide, narcotics crimes, human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism, economic crimes, piracy, organized crimes, and cybercrime among others.
They maintain law and order, detect and prevent crimes, apprehend offenders, maintain criminal records, conduct forensic analysis and execute the directions given to the Inspector General by the Director of Public Prosecutions pursuant to article 157(4) of the constitution.
The body further coordinates the country's Interpol Affairs, and Investigate any matter that may be referred to it by the Independent Police Oversight Authority.
