This archive report was first published on 3 July 2021.
On Friday, July 2, 2021, police in Nairobi received a tip-off about a planned bank robbery at Prime Bank's Kamukunji branch. Acting on the information, detectives and officers from Kamukunji Police Station arrested five suspected bank robbers at a city lodging next to the alleged target.
The suspects, Charles Mulo, Fredrick Muderwa, Jesse Muriuki, Gabriel Mungai, and Reuben Njuka, had booked different guest rooms at the lodging, which shares a wall with the bank.
According to Nairobi Central Sub-County Police Commander John Nyamu, the suspects had planned to drill their way into the bank in the dead of the night. However, detectives got wind of the plan and spoiled their party.
Police recovered three hacksaws, a metal hand-held drill, metal bars, and special scissors used to cut metal from the suspects' rooms.
The five suspects are being detained at the Kamukunji Police Station and will be arraigned on Monday.
