Blow By Blow Account of How DCI Detectives Cornered Car Theft Suspects, Recovered Over 3 Vehicles

 

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has made a breakthrough in its hunt for a syndicate specialised in stealing vehicles in Nairobi and its environs. The detectives narrated, piecing together clues until they caught all the suspects. In a statement on Friday, January 26, DCI reported that detectives drawn from various units led an operation that led to the capture of a prime suspect at his residence. "Following a spike in reported cases of stealing of motor vehicles from various residential and social parking yards within Nairobi region and neighbouring counties, detectives drawn from the Nairobi regional Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau, Operations and DCI Kayole today mounted an intelligence-led operation that saw a prime suspect, Timothy Ndegwa, arrested at his residence in Thika Makongeni Estate," DCI reported.The investigators revealed that a registration plate number KBR 957C was found in Ndegwa's house, and upon interrogation, he led the officers to Juja, where his accomplice, George Kimani Wangechi, was arrested. At Wangechi's house, the officers seized a suspected stolen white Toyota Fielder fitted with registration plate nos. KCC 458K.  How were other members Nairobi car theft ring caught DCI added that the suspects confessed to having earlier stolen a red Isuzu DMAX within Kayole, which they sold to a buyer in Nyeri through an accomplice identified Stephen Kamau Maganjo. Following the new intel, the officers headed to Narumoru, where the vehicle was recovered while being driven by Antony Wanjohi Theuri. Theuri was also apprehended. Persistence by the officers during interrogation paid off as their intel led to the arrest of two more members and the car was also seized. "After investigative interviewing of the suspects, a fourth accomplice, Boniface Gitemengo Gachanja, was cornered and arrested within Githurai, who led the sleuths to Limuru's Flyover area where his partner in crime Josphat Ikua Mwangi was arrested. Mwangi was found in possession of a suspected stolen Toyota Corolla fitted with registration no. KBA 163Y. The vehicle was recovered at detained at DCI offices," added the investigative agency. DCI officers also nabbed another of their accomplices, Alois Tabu Ojiambo, who was traced to and arrested at Kariobangi. Fraudsters conning job seekers arrested Separately, detectives arrested two people suspected of having obtained money from members of the public on the pretext that they would assist them in securing job opportunities in Nairobi. The two suspects were arrested along Ngong Road after they defrauded unsuspecting members of the public KSh 880,000. They were posing as Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company employees and promised Kenyans seeking employment jobs in state corporations and agencies. 

by  Didacus Malowa