Detectives from the DCI have arrested six suspects in connection with the series of robberies targeting pedestrians and motorists along the Southern by-pass.
In a statement, the DCI said sleuths used cyber and forensic analysis to track down suspects who have been terrorising city residents.
"Police recovered 112 assorted mobile phones all suspected to have been stolen. One victim who had previously been attacked by the vicious gang along the highway managed to identify her phone," the DCI's statement read.
"During the operation mounted by Langata based crime busters, they managed to arrest Messi Martha Mutioka, Tevin Njuguna, Edward Baraza Shikoba, Lawrence Gitahi Ndirangu, Kenneth Maina Chege, and David Lugali Asianja all aged between 21 and 32 years old," it continued.
The DCI asked people who have been robbed of their valuables including mobile phones are requested to visit their offices at Langata Police Station, to identify them.
Nairobians have been calling on the National Police to beef up security following an increase in robbery incidents and to an extension kidnappings in the country.
Yesterday KBC news anchor Shiksha Arora detailed how she was robbed while she was stuck in traffic at the Globe Cinema roundabout on Monday evening (June 21, 2021).
Narrating the incident on her Twitter page, Shiksha noted that the attack was well coordinated among three guys.
One guy knocked down her side mirror, the other kept banging the front seat passenger window, while the third one descended on her, since her window was not completely shut.
According to Shiksha, she was strangled and some of her belongings stolen during the ordeal. Fortunately, other road users came to her rescue after she hooted loudly.
