Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation’s Nairobi regional CRIB and Operations unit on Friday re-arrested Babubhai Mistry after he escaped from lawful custody.
In a statement, the DCI said Mistry had been arrested at Tamasha Bar and Restaurant in Karen and taken to the Karen Police Station.
Detectives searched his motor vehicle and recovered a cache of weapons and ammunition.
“Among the recoveries included a Sig Sauer P22 pistol, two Canik pistols with no working parts, six empty pistol magazines, thirty-three .38 special hollow point rounds, forty-three 9mm x 19 rounds, nine.45 auto rounds, two hundred and three.223 rounds, twelve 357 sig rounds, forty-four 380 auto rounds, twenty .38 special ARX rounds, twelve .308 win rounds, sixty.470 nitro rounds, one hundred and four 12 gauge short gun rounds, and thirty-seven 3006 SPRG rounds,” read the DCI statement in part.
Mistry was later escorted to his residence at Southlands Estate where the detectives seized one Benelli short gun, one hundred and seventy 233 rounds, and forty 7.62 x 39 rounds of ammunition.
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The suspect produced an expired civilian firearm certificate and was taken back to Karen police station where he was booked in for further processing.
Mistry then asked the detectives to escort him to his vehicle to pick up a sweater but he locked himself in the car and drove out fast out of the Karen Police Station and injured a police officer.
“While in the cells, Mistry requested to be escorted to his vehicle that was parked in the station yard to pick a sweater but in the process, he instead locked himself inside the vehicle and later drove fast out of the station gate and in the process injured an officer,” DCI stated.
After escaping the detectives launched an immediate manhunt and following intelligence leads Mistry was intercepted while driving his vehicle within the Kasarani area where he was re-arrested.
The detectives searched his car and also recovered 3 Pistol Magazines, 2 loaded with 15 rounds of 9mm ammunition each and one loaded with 14 rounds of 9mm ammunition. They also seized nine slag 12 gauge shotgun ammo.
The suspect has been placed in the cells pending arraignment.
