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According to investigators, security guards on duty quickly turned their attention to a Toyota Land Cruiser, registration number KDT 122Q, which was parked nearby with two occupants whose behaviour raised suspicion.
During the operation, law enforcement officers recovered three mobile phones, among them the device that had been taken from the victim. They also seized the motorcycle believed to have been used to carry out the robbery and aid the suspects’ escape.
In a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the suspects, reportedly armed with a pistol and crude weapons, had been robbing members of the public in the Makaburini area before attacking officers on patrol, prompting a shootout in which one was killed and two escaped with injuries.
onics. When questioned about the origins of the items, the suspects failed to provide credible explanations, further implicating them in the criminal trade. Among the recovered devices, one phone was confirmed as violently snatched from a victim at Ruaka stage, linking the suspects directly to previous theft incidents.
The suspect, identified as Francis Maina Ndegwa, is alleged to have forged signatures of officials in a plot to evict the rightful owners of a property valued at Sh50 million. He is currently in custody awaiting arraignment.