Crime

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…

Police in Thika have arrested a 25-year-old student from Tom Mboya University in connection with the murder of his girlfriend, 19-year-old Faith Musembi. David Kioko was apprehended after preliminary investigations suggested that he killed Faith over alleged infidelity. Both the suspect and the victim hail from Machakos County. The slain first-year student at Mt. Kenya…

A suspected poacher has been arrested with six elephant tusks in Kirima Olmoran, Laikipia county. The suspect was arrested on Saturday after police raided his house at Olmoran shopping center. Police were alerted that the man was keeping the tusks in his house. The six pieces of ivory, weighing 15 kg were concealed in two…

Security officers in Nairobi have launched a manhunt for suspects believed to be involved in an alleged illegal trade of siphoned fuel. The suspects, police said, escaped after a raid at the site where they are said to be operating the alleged business of siphoning adulterated fuel from tankers and distributing it. During the operation…