It was a relieve yesterday to Mumias residents after police recovered the stolen guns at Booker police Station putting to end days of agony.
The man believed to have been guarding firearms stolen at Booker Police Post was also shot dead inside a sugarcane farm during a police operation yesterday.
The suspect was guarding the six guns and ammunition when police found him, and he retaliated forcing the police to shoot him dead.
According to Western Region Police Commandant Moses Ombati the slain suspect was in the company of three others who managed to escape into the lush green plantation.
The police, however, said that they know their identities and urged them to surrender.
Six G3 rifles and 154 bullets were recovered yesterday to add to the rifle loaded with 15 bullets recovered last week.
The suspects, including a boda boda rider said to have been in possession of the weapon, which they abandoned after panicking during a botched robbery mission are in police custody at the Kakamega Police Station.
Ombati thanked the public for cooperation, which he said led to the recovery of the arsenal.
Yesterday, Ombati said two of the recovered rifles were in perfect condition implying they were in constant use in criminal activities, while four others were rusty.