This archive report was first published on 12 September 2019.
On September 11, 2019, a brazen robbery occurred at Odda Airstrip in Moyale, Marsabit County, where three gunmen stole an unknown amount of money from a pilot and his assistants.
The money was being transported from Nairobi to Moyale Town by air when the robbery happened. According to police, the plane had landed at the airstrip, which is about 15 kilometres from the Ethiopian border, when the gunmen emerged from a bush and grabbed the money.
The pilot told police that one of the gunmen pointed a pistol at him as his accomplices went into the plane and picked two moneybags, leaving one behind. They later jumped onto a motorcycle that was at the waiting bay of the airstrip through a chain-link fence and escaped without injuring anyone.
Police have launched investigations into the heist, which comes less than a week after the Standard Chartered Bank lost Sh72 million to robbers in Nairobi. So far, Sh7 million has been recovered, and six suspects, including three police officers, have been arraigned.
Eastern Regional Police Commander Eunice Kihiko said they were open to any theory, including a possible inside job, and were yet to establish the amount of money stolen.
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