Four people, among them two Nairobi-based police officers have been arrested for robbing a university student and his friend Sh690, 000 in Juja, Kiambu County, at gunpoint.
Police reports say Benson Kitheka Mutisya and Kennedy Muriuki Gathathu, both based at DCI Kamukunji transferred the money from the two friends to themselves on July 31, 2023.
According to the report, Robinson Mogaka, a third-year Machakos University student was driving a hired vehicle from Embu to Machakos where he had attended a ceremony.
On reaching Kenyatta Road in Juja, he was blocked by a white motor vehicle registration number KCX 965B and three men armed with a pistol handcuffed him and forced him to take them to his friend’s Abdulrahman Juma house which he did.
The reports also explained that they placed Mogaka’s friend in handcuffs. They then proceeded to Total petrol station in Marurui and forced them to fuel their vehicle. They later transferred Sh 85,000 from Robinson’s phone and another USD 4,300 from both complainants through Binance online transaction.
On Wednesday, August 2, 2023, DCI officers acting from a tip-off laid a trap on the four after learning that they were again going to Abdullrahaman’s house and arrested them.
They were arrested alongside two civilians; Mutenge Mbeti, 36, and Lewis Ndirangu Kariuki, 32.
Two vehicles were also impounded and a firearm that was used in the robbery was recovered.