Detectives have dismantled a motorcycle theft ring that has been operating between Kenya and a neighbouring country, where the stolen motorbikes are believed to have a ready market.
In a statement via Twitter on Tuesday, July 4 DCI disclosed that they first arrested Agnes Wambui who is believed to be the bait used to attract the boda boda riders.
Detectives revealed that Wambui would drug her victims and steal their boda bodas before they were shipped to a neighboring country.
"Agnes Wambui, believed to be the bait used to attract the boda boda riders was the first to be arrested by detectives. Posing as a pillion passenger, Wambui stupefies her victims along the way before disappearing with the motorbikes, once the nduthimen lose consciousness.
"The suspect who was arrested after comprehensive investigations led detectives to her other accomplices including one Daniel Mwaniki and William Nkadanyo alias Saningo. Nkadanyo was arrested in Loitoktok town where he is believed to have a ready market for the stolen motorcycles," part of the statement read.
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Stolen mobile phones were also recovered from the suspects including one that had been stolen from a motorbike rider, who was stupefied before he also lost his bike in Juja, Kiambu County.
Over 30 tablets believed to be stupefying drugs were also recovered from the suspects, who were discovered to have pending criminal cases in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County, and in Diani, Kwale County.
