Detectives bust man in Nanyuki, recover items stolen at Chieni Supermarket

Items recovered include a 32-inch Toshiba TV set and three children's bicycles

In Summary
  • The man is now being held at the Nanyuki police station.
  • He was busted in his house during a closely coordinated police operation at Majengo area.
ARREST
ARREST

Detectives in Laikipia have arrested one suspect and recovered several electronic materials believed to have been stolen from the Chieni supermarket in Nyeri.

The man suspect was busted in his house during a closely coordinated police operation in the Majengo area.

Three others, however, managed to escape the police dragnet and are currently being sought.

According to police report, some of the items recovered include a 32-inch Toshiba TV set, three children's bicycles, a gas cylinder, a microwave and a deep frier.

Others are a frying pan, a wall clock, an aluminium kitchen kettle, an oven, a mini-TV set and a cordless electric kettle.

The man is currently being held at the Nanyuki police station.

Police say they intend to arraign him in court on Monday.

Some 36 others who had early been arrested in connection to the incident have already been charged.

They appeared before a Nanyuki court and were charged with an intent to commit a felony, contrary to Section 307 of the Penal Code.

The prosecution, led by Counsel Peter Gitumu told the court the accused, along with others, forcibly and unlawfully gained entry into the supermarket.

The supermarket, owned by Kieni MP Wainaina Njoroge was broken into by Tuesday by goons who looted before disappearing.

They are among those who were protesting against the Finance Bill. Njoroge said he lost over Sh550 million as a result.

"I lost movable stock worth Sh450 million and equipment such as bakery shelves, among others, valued at Sh100 million," the MP said.

Njoroge, who operates a supermarket chain in the Mt Kenya region, said the looted Nyeri branch employed over 350 people.

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