Police officers drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and others from the Nairobi region have apprehended several suspects in the KSh 94 million Quickmart heist. The police arrested two suspects. Photo: Quickmart Kenya, DCI. Source: Twitter In the Saturday, November 11 arrest, one Ismael Patrick Gitonga was nabbed and is suspected of being the owner of the vehicle the driver and crew driver used to ferry the money after stealing it.According to a police report, Gitonga, who was arrested in Rongai, is believed to be the owner and driver of motor vehicle registration number KBM 751W Fielder, white in colour, which is believed to The Fielder was found in the Njiiru area, where two men, Michael Matolo Njeru and Samwel Onyango, were busted making modifications. A further operation was extended to the TRM area within Kasarani, where another suspect, Martin Nderi Nganga, was arrested, and a recovery of cash amounting to KSh 9,101,300 was made at his rented house. Empty cash box Additionally, an empty cash box was recovered in the forest next to Gataka market in Karen, where the stolen cash is believed to have been shared by the suspects.”All the scenes have been processed by CSI Nairobi Region. Efforts are still underway to trace, arrest and recover the remaining stolen cash,” the DCI said. 2 Wells Fargo employees steal KSh 94.9 million The police report did not mention the arrest of the main suspects, Daniel Mungai Mugetha, the crew commander, and Anthony Nduiki Waigumo, the driver, who secretly took the truck from the company’s Nairobi offices. The duo, employees of Wells Fargo company, took KSh 94 million and disappeared on Monday, November 6, with vehicle KBA 517 T made by Isuzu Canter. The money was collected from the Wells Fargo vault and was destined for Family Bank Kenyatta Avenue. The money was for Quickmart supermarket. The suspects are said to have collected the money as usual but sneaked out without a police escort, as is the norm.
BY Racheal Nyaguthie