The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Detectives have arrested ten suspects behind break-ins in Nairobi and its environs.
In a statement on Wednesday, DCI revealed that the ten men aged between 36 and 50 are suspected of having been directly involved in the planning and execution of break-in incidents in which assorted hardware goods, steel products, lubricants, and motor vehicle spare parts have been reported stolen.
Their arrest was in a joint operation involving detectives from DCI's Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau [CRIB] Nairobi area and DCI Kasarani.
“The suspects include; Paul Njoroge Muthoni 39, Job Onsomu Onkundi 38, Erick Irungu Karanja 37, Daniel Opiyo Oketch, 45, James Maina Githua 36, Joseph Maina Wambugu 50, Patrick Karani 39, Peter Karangi 44, Peter Karanja Kanyoro 42, and Mathew Riunge Karinge 44.”
Further, DCI stated that after a brief interrogation, the suspects led the detectives to Faith Estatein Riverside Court within Juja—Murera, where 463 cartons of lubricants that had earlier been carted away from a go-down at Thika Industrial Park were recovered.
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During the operation, the crack team of detectives also recovered and detained four motor vehicles connected to the go-down break-ins.
“As investigations and search for more suspects and stolen goods continue, it has been established that the thugs are connected to a break-in incident in Mwiki where in April 2024, they stole hardware items and laptops from Syzo International premises after breaking into two go downs,” read the statement in part.
“A similar incident that occurred in Kamulu on 26th July, 2024, the hoodlums are reported to have scaled the walls of Patnet Steel makers and tied two security guards using ropes, after that ambushing the night shift workers and killing one of them before carting away tonnes of nails and barbed wires.”
