This archive report was first published on 28 December 2019.
On December 28, 2019, Nyeri County Police Commander Adiel Nyange announced the recovery of stolen goods worth Sh1.5 million, including motorcycles and government laptops, from Nyeri and Muranga counties.
According to Nyange, the police had been tracking a syndicate of robbers who had been using hideouts in Witethie estate in Kiambu, Kayole, and Umoja in Nairobi to sell the stolen goods.
“We tracked them down for several months and they have been working to sell these stolen goods from their hideouts in Nairobi and Kiambu but we have managed to apprehend the masterminds,” Nyange stated.
The suspects were also being held in connection with the murder of a watchman who was killed during the robbery of a church in Ichuga Village in Mathira Constituency in August.
The police recovered two motorbikes which had been stolen from two riders in Karatina Town, as well as a branded government laptop issued under the Digital Literacy Programme.
“One of the suspects admitted he had stolen it with the intention of reprogramming it for use for his children which is unfortunate to use stolen goods to educate children,” Nyange said.
The police called on the members of the public to continue volunteering information and also come forward to identify the stolen items.
