Investigators from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Saturday apprehended a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier for supposedly taking a gun from a Prado Driver in Kirinyaga County.
The officer, accompanied by a male and a female as accomplices, targeted the victim who had actually experienced an incident while driving a Toyota Prado, diverting off the roadway and into a ditch.
The slippery roadway conditions caused the mishap, triggering close-by citizens to help the stranded victim.
An area of the entryway at DCI head office along Kiambu Road
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DCI
The 56-year-old was assisted of the ditch at 8.30 pm and he headed home. Upon getting to his home, he understood that his gun packed with 14 rounds of ammo was missing out on.
At this moment, the chauffeur began raiding his automobile however he could not discover the weapon. In a desperate effort to find it, he tried to backtrack his actions and ask around however none of this worked.
“He went back to the scene the exact same night looking for the gun till 10 pm however might do little to trace anything in the dark and trampled muddy passage from a continuous rainstorm,” DCI mentioned.
After the report was submitted at Wang’uru Police Station in Mwea East, the investigators introduced examinations, and the gun was discovered in Juja, Kiambu County.
DCI investigators would later on jail the KDF officer and 2 others in Windridge-Chai Estate in Juja, Kiambu County after which they were accompanied to Wang’uru Police Station.
“Investigations are underway to figure out how 6 rounds of ammo which were missing out on from the gun were used up,” DCI specified.
This follows the DCI in September recuperated 2 guns taken from a General Service Unit (GSU) camp in Bungoma County, throughout which a previous GSU officer was detained as the primary suspect.
The officer was stated to have actually slipped into the GSU camp during the night and entrusted the guns undiscovered. The investigators started a manhunt for the suspect who had actually concealed in a close-by sugarcane plantation.
Even as the criminal activities occur, Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome has asked those holding weapons unlawfully to surrender them to close-by police headquarters or deal with the full blast of the law.
Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome speaking in Turkana County on August 3, 2023.
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National Police Service