Detectives from Mombasa Urban have arrested three people suspected of being part of a gang terrorizing residents of Mombasa town and its environs.

The detectives received intel about the suspects and pounced on them in the Nyali estate on Links Road, where they hid. They arrested Ali Ahmad Ali Abdulrahman Arafat and another suspect, Mohamed Zulf.

PHOTO | COURTESY The suspects

"Acting on intelligence, detectives orchestrated an ambush in Nyali estate on Links Road, resulting in the swift apprehension of two suspects, Ali Ahmad Ali, known by the alias “Mkali,” and Abdulrahman Arafat. Following interrogation, they led officers to their rented house near Allidina Visram High School," said DCI 

"In their hideout, officers discovered another accomplice, Mohamed Zulf. A thorough search of the premises yielded four pangas, two Y-6 twisted metal bars sharpened at the edges, eighteen small bales of bhang, ten assorted suspected stolen mobile phones, six spotlights, four suspected stolen livestock (sheep), one 32-inch TV, and one gas cylinder." DCI added

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The three suspects were escorted to Mombasa Central Police Station for processing, pending arraignment.