Four robbery suspects were taken into custody on Saturday in Njoro, Nakuru County after they were connected to two robberies in the Gilgil and Naivasha areas. 

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) reports that while operating a stolen truck, detectives from Nairobi and Nakuru detained two suspects: Evans Mwangi Njenga, 45, and Geoffrey Kamau Hinga, 53. 

According to reports, the two were traveling to Njoro Town to meet up with Julius Gichagu Wanguno, 32, and Peter Wahinyo Wanyoike, 45, their two suspected accomplices.

Officers apprehended the remaining two as they permitted the meeting to proceed according to schedule. 


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"It was further established that the said truck had been robbed in Gilgil at Elementaita area when the driver who had been hired to offer transport services was abducted, sodomized and left tied up at a construction site within Punda Milia section yesterday, Friday 23," stated the DCI in a statement. 

A six-person gang is reported to have disabled the lorry tracker and taken Ksh. 55,000 and the driver's phone before running off.

For treatment, Gilgil Sub-County Hospital received him right away.  

While ongoing investigations are being conducted to apprehend the remaining accomplices, the four are being held at the Njoro Police Station, where the truck has been impounded.