Crime

At least four guns were recovered in separate police operations that saw 16 suspects arrested. In the first incident, detectives from Nakuru Central Police Station have successfully dismantled a suspected gang of violent robbery suspects who have been striking terror in the hearts of innocent residents of Eveready area in Nakuru and recovered a Ceska…

Detectives Wednesday discovered a body believed to be that of a missing taxi driver, Victoria Mumbua Muloki, who went missing after picking a passenger in Mombasa. The finding came hours after police claimed that the taxi driver had been found unconscious in Migori’s Uriri area. However, the family later disputed the reports saying that they…

A chilling incident occured in Emali, Makueni County on Tuesday after a man attacked a police officer before snatching his firearm. Police said the officer and his colleague were guarding Kwitu DT Sacco when the incident happened. The unknown man aged 35 years old is said to have crept to the officer armed with a…

The directorate of criminal investigations based in the Coast region has seized bhang worth Sh16 million from 4 suspected drug traffickers. The four were arrested from their hideout in the Fisheries area of Bamburi in Mombasa County on Friday. DCI has said they were able to locate the suspects’ location through the help of citizens…

Several social media users and content creators are missing after they were abducted in overnight operations in the country hours to anti-Finance Bill demonstrations. Officials said this was among strategies being used to defuse the planned protests against the proposed taxes. Among those taken were vocal social media and political activist Gabriel Oguda. He was…

A section of residents in Mwea, Kirinyaga, protested outside the Kiamaciri police station over the alleged escape of a murder suspect. The suspect escaped in unclear circumstances. The protesters on Sunday demanded an explanation on how a farmhand suspected of killing a woman in the area escaped from custody. Police said two police officers who…

An 18-year-old man has been arrested and is accused of plotting to attack the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium where football matches will take place for the Olympics. France says it has foiled an attack targeting one of the football stadiums being used for this summer’s Olympic Games. The country’s security forces arrested an 18-year-old from Chechnya earlier…

The National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug and Drug Abuse has announced a nationwide crackdown to close down bars and other liquor dispensing outlets located near learning institutions. In a statement on Monday, chief executive officer Anthony Omerikwa said the crackdown will affect bars and liquor dispensing establishments located less than 300…

A Meru based lawyer and a mechanic have been charged with three counts of alleged forgery and conspiracy to defraud a businessman of land valued at Sh4million. Jackson Mukaria Muriungi, a lawyer based in Meru, is alleged to have forged a letter of consent for change of ownership of the said plot to read Hudson…

Isiolo Subcounty Security and Intelligence Committee has received 15 rifles and 22 rounds of ammunition surrendered through the influence of community elders. Deputy County Commissioner Patrick Musango confirmed that the voluntary surrender had been going on for the last four months in the area. Musango said Ngaremara elders and herders had surrendered nine firearms and…