The Directorate of Criminal Investigation’s (DCI) Transnational Organized Crime detectives conducted an operation in Moyale, Marsabit County which led to the recovery of a firearm (a pistol) from two robbery suspects on Sunday 18th 2024.
The duo was intercepted in the Sessi area of Moyale. Upon search, KSh 83,000 and 169,995 Ethiopian Birr believed to have been robbed were found on them.
The two; Dhenge Guyo Molu and Kotor Ali Jillo, and the motorcycle they were using (Reg No. KMEY 518) were detained at Moyale Police Station pending collection to TOCU offices in Nairobi.
Meanwhile, two other suspects involved in a botched robbery were arrested at the Hilo mining site still in Moyale, and a rifle loaded with six live rounds was seized by the OCS Dabel station.
The two suspects; Kelisa Dulacha Guyo and Wario Ana Halake were cornered at a shop within the Hilo Gold mine after the shopkeeper made a distress call.
They are to be arraigned today Monday 19 where charges will be preferred.
In November 2023, the unit was set to open offices in the newly created sub-counties of Sololo and Dukana, Marsabit county to make the entity more responsive to the needs of the residents.
A team from the DCI’s logistics division was dispatched to the two localities to ascertain the parameters of setting up the offices, which will be operational within a month.
The DCI Director General Mohamed Amin noted that the security situation in Marsabit County had improved tremendously courtesy of the cooperation between the local leadership and law enforcement agencies.