Two people have been arrested after a sting by detectives for breaking into homes in affluent areas in Kiambu and Nairobi counties.

Lavender Akinyi Ogilo and Vincent Odhiambo Otieno were arrested on Wednesday for housebreaking and stealing charges that occurred on April 1 and 19, 2024, about five years after they were charged with identical crimes.

PHOTO | COURTESY Lavender Akinyi Ogilo

According to a report released on Thursday by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the couple was one of six members of a gang apprehended and charged by Kilimani investigators in 2019 for a violent robbery.

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 “Notably, the two arrested suspects were among a gang of six members nabbed and arraigned for a violent robbery by Kilimani detectives on May 18, 2019, with warrants of arrest in force against Lavender for absconding court and jumping bail.”

PHOTO | COURTESY Vincent Odhiambo Otieno

NOTORIOUS HOUSE BREAKERS ARRESTED, AGAIN


In recent occurrences, sleuths from DCI HQS Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) and their DCI Kabete counterparts smoked out Lavender from her Kiringiti hideaway, while her accomplice was apprehended in Kasarani following a robbery report submitted at Kibiku police station.

According to DCI, the two allegedly entered into a property in Kitisuru, Gathiga, and stole household items of unknown value in the first crime.

“Lavender Akinyi was ejected from her four-bedroom house located within Kirigiti while her partner in crime was flushed from a Kasarani base,” DCI stated.

PHOTO | COURTESY The suspect

 “The suspected housebreakers (maybe burglars) had broken into house No.17 of the opulent Kitisuru Terraces located in one of the prolific and prime suburbs of Nairobi at Kitisuru in Gathiga, by removing a window pane from the kitchen door and mastering the padlock. From therein, a 55" TCL TV, 40" Samsung TV, a wristwatch, an iPad, a computer monitor, a MacBook laptop, wall paintings, and carpets among other items had been stolen.”

DCI officials initiated a manhunt for the suspects, arresting and detaining them and confiscating a black Mercedes Benz T733 DTP car.

The search for the remaining four accomplices is ongoing.