Police have rescued 58 Ethiopian nationals in a suspected human trafficking syndicate.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations in a statement on Wednesday said the 58 were being held in a house in Kitengela.
During the operation, two suspects were arrested, police said.
The well-coordinated operation was conducted by officers from the Transnational Organised Crime Unit and Kitengela Police Station.
“This follows a tip-off from concerned members of the public, who reported seeing a group of Ethiopians being confined in a maisonette in the said area,” the DCI said.
The DCI said that acting on intelligence, the officers swiftly responded and found the victims who appeared weak, malnourished, and without identification documents.
According to the statement by the DCI, the victims were in the company of the two Kenyan male suspects in the said house.
"Preliminary investigations have revealed that the victims had been brought to the house three days earlier and were awaiting transportation to South Africa," the DCI said.
The DCI said 28 out of the rescued individuals were escorted to Kitengela Police Station, while the remaining 30 were taken to Isinya Police Station.
The two Kenyan suspects were escorted to Muthaiga Police Station.
During the operation, the police officers were able to recover a motorcycle that will be used as an exhibit.
This comes a day after the police arrested five suspects alleged to have scammed two foreign nationals Sh15 million (USD120,000).
The DCI in a statement on Tuesday said the alleged scammers were arrested at different hideouts within the country.
This is after two nationals; a Swiss and a Romanian alleged to have lost their money to the suspects.
According to DCI, the victims filed a complaint about the incident at Wilson Airport Police Station on January 29, 2025.
The victims alleged to have been approached by a contact person who informed them that the prime suspect in the incident was in the business of selling 550kg of gold.
The complainants allegedly made the full payment, only to be taken in circles thereafter.
