By Dorothy Musyoka
In a dramatic turn of events, six suspects, including four police officers, were apprehended for their involvement in a daring daylight heist that saw Sh2.2 million stolen from an accountant in Utawala.
“Six suspects, including four police officers, believed to have trailed the accountant of Rophine International School from a bank in Utawala on Monday afternoon before breaking into his car and disappearing with Sh2.2 million, have been arrested,” stated the Directives of Criminal Investigation (DCI).
The stolen funds, intended for the payment of casual workers at Rophine International School, were taken from the accountant’s car shortly after he withdrew the money from a local bank.
“In the earlier incident reported at Mihang’o Police Station at 4 pm Monday, the accountant had withdrawn an amount in excess of the Sh2.2 million that was stolen, intended for the payment of casual workers at the said school,” the detectives said.
Unaware, he was being closely followed by a group of brazen criminals in a saloon car with the registration number KCR 959D. They had been tailing him from the moment he parked outside the bank until he departed with the large sum of money.
“Unbeknownst to him (or otherwise), sheer-greed miscreants using a saloon car Reg. No. KCR 959D were hot on his trail right from when he parked his car outside the bank to when he left with a load of cash,” DCI explained.
“The accountant had then parked his car outside the school, taken some amount from the withdrawn sum, locked the car and entered the school compound. Allegedly, he could not carry the whole amount. Minutes later when he went back to pick more cash, he found the car broken into and the millions missing,” added DCI.
According to the directives of criminal investigation officers, the six arrested were a police sergeant, a corporal, a constable from Kasarani Police Station, a police constable from Ruai Police Station, and two civilians.
The six were arrested at the Kasarani Police Station public yard by a combined team of sleuths from DCI Nairobi region and Kayole Sub-county.
In recovery were Ksh. 473,000, which was believed to be part of the stolen amount from the six suspects, Sh350,000 was found in the car and another Sh123,000 was retrieved from their pockets.
Further two motor vehicles, one belonging to the Ruai officer and another belonging to the 5th suspect (Magwaga) which were parked at the yard were detained.
However, the DCI sub-county head confirmed that the arrested officers were neither on official duty to Utawala nor working under his instructions.
The suspects are in custody as the investigation progresses.