Police Recover Firearm Robbed From Female Officer

Police officers have recovered a firearm loaded with 23 rounds of ammunition in Githurai, Nairobi County.

In a statement on Monday, May 27, the National Police Service (NPS) said the firearm was reported missing after a female police officer was robbed while on patrol in Nairobi’s Kiwanjani area.

According to NPS, the officer was attacked by three men before they stole her firearm.

“Police in Nairobi on May 26, 2024 morning recovered a firearm loaded with 23 rounds, within Githurai, Kasarani SubCounty. Preliminary investigations suggest that the same had been reported missing after a female police officer was attacked by 3 men and robbed off the said firearm on February 16, 2024 while on night duty at Kiwanjani Area in Nairobi,” the statement read in part.

The stolen firearm was found abandoned near the gate of Githurai Police Post.

Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) from Kasarani Police Station are investigating the case.

In April, DCI detectives gunned down a suspected gang member who was found with a pistol that was stolen from Vihiga Police Station OCS in December 2023.

The officer who was on patrol was stabbed severally before his firearm which was loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition was stolen.

After days of surveillance, detectives responded to an intelligence report received through the DCI hotline from an anonymous caller who reported seeing a suspicious car with three armed men at KU Farm in Mwiki.

The DCI officers approached the scene and ordered the suspected gang members to surrender, but two of them escaped while the third suspect, who was in possession of the stolen gun, attempted to exchange fire with the detectives before being shot dead.