Police Officers from Voi Police Station have arrested three notorious highway robbers who have been evading capture for a while.
In a statement on Tuesday, April 1, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the trio was arrested after a surveillance operation along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.
The three suspects were identified as Joseph Macharia Mwangi, Peter Muchemi Maina, and Agnes Malemba Mshenga.
“Police officers based at Voi Police Station have apprehended three notorious highway robbers who have been evading capture for quite some time. The suspects, Joseph Macharia Mwangi, 40, Peter Muchemi Maina, 36, and Agnes Malemba Mshenga, 32, were taken into custody after a meticulous surveillance operation along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway,” read the DCI statement in part.
The DCI noted that the three suspects were travelling in a white Subaru Legacy vehicle when the police intercepted them.
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The officers then conducted a thorough search of the vehicle and recovered three sets of number plates.
“The trio was intercepted at Vacani Resort while traveling in a white Subaru Legacy with the license plate KCJ 842Z. Upon conducting a thorough search of the vehicle, officers uncovered three sets of reflective number plates KCR 879U, KCA 583L, and KAZ 946L,” DCI stated.
The police officers also recovered a range of suspicious items, including jungle uniforms, a kitchen knife, two Maasai swords, and a mechanics kit loaded with spanners, a jack, pressure pumps, puncture repair tools, brake pads, and various house-breaking implements in the vehicle.
The three suspects were taken to Voi Police Station, where they are undergoing processing in preparation for their arraignment in court.
