Three suspected fraudsters are being held at the Gilgil police station after their attempts of defrauding a woman were thwarted by bodaboda operators.
The four who were masquerading as sim-card hawkers were ambushed at Kipipiri right before they could swindle their victim off Ksh.5060.
The victim had been lured to the trap by the promise of a new, upgraded airtel line that would be ”faster” and ”better” than the one she currently had.
Earlier on, the suspects who were in a light-yellow motor vehicle of registration KCN 635F had defrauded another woman off Ksh.3000.
A bodaboda operator who spoke to Citizen Digital said the woman had just deposited the money to her line and was taking her child to a local dispensary.
Immediately the suspects transferred the money, one of them pushed the middle-aged woman off her feet before running to their car.
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Luckily, bodaboda operators who witnessed the incident gave the chase and but failed to corner the speeding car.
An eye-witness says the car missed a crowd of onlookers by a whisker as the driver attempted to speed off.
Once on the highway, the car sped off towards Gilgil but was cornered by other cars and bodaboda riders who had joined the chase.
At Gilgil police station, over six phones and hundreds of sim-cards were recovered.
Two women and a male driver were detained and are currently in police custody awaiting their arraignment in court.