This archive report was first published on 22 September 2019.
On September 22, 2019, detectives investigating the Sh72 million ATM heist made significant progress in their probe, arresting two police officers and recovering Sh7 million.
According to investigators, one suspect, a G4S staff, had hidden the money sent from Nairobi to Kakamega through a public service vehicle as a parcel. The parcel was addressed to a relative and was to be picked up from a bus terminus in Kakamega town on September 6.
DCI officers stormed a home in Lurambi, Kakamega County, where they recovered Sh1 million. A G4S employee, Bernard Sewanga, was arrested in connection with the heist.
Police also recovered another Sh2.3 million from the house of a 60-year-old woman in Machakos. Two suspects, brothers John Kamau Mulei and Bernard Mwendwa, a G4S officer, were arrested by the police.
Investigations have also revealed that another AP officer was involved in the crime. A police constable based at Kikuyu AP camp has been linked to the theft through forensic investigations on call data of some arrested suspects.
Police are yet to arrest the Kikuyu AP couple believed to be the masterminds of the robbery. The two have been missing from the place of work since the day of the robbery and investigators believe they may have fled to Tanzania.
