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Six people were arrested after they were caught on
camera stealing from a medical store in Nairobi. Their arrest came after a
video went viral on social media. The video shows how the thieves descended on
Village Market shopping mall oblivious of what was awaiting them. The two women
are seen to be engaging the store attendant as the man picks items from the
shelves and puts them inside a woman’s bag. As if that was not enough, another
woman appears and the trend continues till all the bags they are carrying are
full. Afterwards they are seen picking an item from the shelves having a little
value of as low as Sh100, heading to the counter in readiness to pay. The
attendants who spoke to the Standard team, say that they noticed the two making
suspicious movements inside the store before they were caught trying to exit
with goods stuffed in the woman’s bag. The two, probably in their 40s or 50s
are notorious for their behaviour with even close relatives acknowledging the
details of what they do on daily basis. When they were apprehended, the leader
of the group seemed relaxed even offering to pay for the value of the booty.
The group of six, one man and five women is said to have been causing sleepless
nights to shop owners and attendants. ALSO READ: Shortage of cybersecurity
experts exposes organisations to huge losses According to the head of retail at
Goodlife Pharmacy Mr. David Kasonga, the gang caused the company huge loses
after stealing goods worth more than Sh200,000 in one day. Kasonga said the
thieves prefer fast-moving beauty products like Nivea, Dettol soap and
antiseptics, facial scrub, Neutrogena and Cantu among other goods. Police say
so far the thieves have hit more than nine shops belonging to Goodlife that are
located at Total Ngong, Ridgeways Mall, Karen Shell, Village market, Kenol
Langata road among other stores. This is reported to have raised the concerns
prompting most of the stores to install CCTV cameras. Surprisingly, they
efforts were succeeded rapidly and two of the suspects are now in police
custody.
camera stealing from a medical store in Nairobi. Their arrest came after a
video went viral on social media. The video shows how the thieves descended on
Village Market shopping mall oblivious of what was awaiting them. The two women
are seen to be engaging the store attendant as the man picks items from the
shelves and puts them inside a woman’s bag. As if that was not enough, another
woman appears and the trend continues till all the bags they are carrying are
full. Afterwards they are seen picking an item from the shelves having a little
value of as low as Sh100, heading to the counter in readiness to pay. The
attendants who spoke to the Standard team, say that they noticed the two making
suspicious movements inside the store before they were caught trying to exit
with goods stuffed in the woman’s bag. The two, probably in their 40s or 50s
are notorious for their behaviour with even close relatives acknowledging the
details of what they do on daily basis. When they were apprehended, the leader
of the group seemed relaxed even offering to pay for the value of the booty.
The group of six, one man and five women is said to have been causing sleepless
nights to shop owners and attendants. ALSO READ: Shortage of cybersecurity
experts exposes organisations to huge losses According to the head of retail at
Goodlife Pharmacy Mr. David Kasonga, the gang caused the company huge loses
after stealing goods worth more than Sh200,000 in one day. Kasonga said the
thieves prefer fast-moving beauty products like Nivea, Dettol soap and
antiseptics, facial scrub, Neutrogena and Cantu among other goods. Police say
so far the thieves have hit more than nine shops belonging to Goodlife that are
located at Total Ngong, Ridgeways Mall, Karen Shell, Village market, Kenol
Langata road among other stores. This is reported to have raised the concerns
prompting most of the stores to install CCTV cameras. Surprisingly, they
efforts were succeeded rapidly and two of the suspects are now in police
custody.