Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) detectives have arrested two suspects who invaded a holding room where a newly wedded couple was staying before embarking on their honeymoon in Kiserian, Kajiado county.
According to DCI, John Mwangi alias Mankufa and James Mwandiki are believed to have orchestrated the Monday night robbery, where they stole gifts, household items, and electronics while in a gang of five to eight men.
“Armed with all manner of crude weapons, the malefactors forced entry into the apartment located at Olooseos area of Kiserian by scaling the wall of the apartment and cutting a window grill,” DCI said on X.
To protect his bride and their host from the mean-looking gang, the only man in the house made attempts to repulse the unwelcomed gate crushers, only to suffer several injuries.
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Aware that neighbors would soon respond to the commotion, the gang hurriedly parked two TV sets (50" & 48"), a microwave, a 13kg gas cylinder, a UPS inverter, three smartphones, duvets, and other wedding gifts and beetled off.
On receiving the report, Nairobi region crime researchers teamed up with law enforcers from Kajiado West in a scrupulous manhunt for the mannerless felons.
Following crucial intelligence leads, the team hunted down two identified disciples of the gang, fishing them up within Kiserian township.
John and James were briefly interrogated. Afterward, they led the investigators to their hideout at Olooseos, where some of the robbed items, including others believed to have been stolen in previous hot prowl burglaries, were recovered.
Further, DCI revealed that the two have been admitted at a police lock-up facility, as detectives pursue their partners in crime.
