Police in Nairobi have arrested three suspects over alleged involvement in a Sh23.8 million heist.
The suspects were apprehended after they were allegedly linked to a series of warehouse break-ins and stealing in Nairobi and its environs.
Police claimed the suspects broke into a warehouse and made off with goods worth Sh23.8 million.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigation said a manhunt was launched following a complaint lodged at Industrial Area Police Station on February 3, 2025.
The complaint detailed a warehouse break-in and stealing where police leveraged forensic evidence and arrested two suspects.
“Upon interrogation, the duo led the detectives to a storage facility in Ruiru. There, investigators recovered 80 Samsung 43-inch television sets,” police said.
The suspects further directed the officers to a residence, where an additional television set was seized.
They also guided officers to Kariobangi and Gikomba, where two more televisions and ten rolls of seat upholstery material were confiscated.
The net widened on February 13, 2025, when the third suspect was arrested. Police said that a subsequent search of his home uncovered ten solar panels.
The suspect further led authorities to Industrial Area, where a lorry was intercepted. The vehicle was found loaded with 233 rolls of seat material, believed to be part of the stolen haul.
Police added that all three suspects are in custody, undergoing processing as they await their day in court.
The recovered items are being detained as exhibits.
Earlier, at least eight suspected drug traffickers were arrested in a coordinated security operation that was conducted by the National Police Service on Friday morning at Elementaita in Nakuru County.
According to the police, the operation, which saw the seizure of 497 kilograms of suspected cannabis packed in twenty-one sacks was conducted after a tipoff by members of the public.
''A coordinated security operation conducted early this morning in Elementaita, Nakuru County, led to the arrest of eight suspects and the recovery of 497 kilogrammes of suspected cannabis,'' the National Police Service said in a statement on X.
''Police officers raided a homestead in the area, where they conducted an extensive search, recovering 21 sacks of the illicit substance.''
The suspects are currently in police custody awaiting processing pending arraignment.