Detectives in Kisauni, Mombasa County have arrested two men in connection with the theft of a motor vehicle in Nairobi.
The vehicle, a silver Toyota Axio had been reported stolen at Buruburu Police Station.
Emmanuel Mugodo Sabwa, 42, and Erick Maingi Muimi, 34, were apprehended after forensic leads led detectives to Utange, where they discovered the vehicle’s tracking device abandoned near a compound.
Detectives trailed the vehicle to Utange area, where they discovered its tracking device abandoned roughly 20 meters from a perimeter wall compound where the said motor vehicle was recovered.
At the scene, detectives found the vehicle fitted with a different registration plate KDA 348V and its front dashboard partially dismantled, likely in preparation for a quick resale or parts trade.
In addition to the vehicle, authorities recovered several items, including assorted car keys, dismantled car trackers, a key programming machine, multiple number plates (KDJ 885G, KDP 289B, SSD 763A, and KCT 278Y), two motor vehicle logbooks (KCU 527H and KDA 348V) and an HP laptop.
The suspects are being held at Mjambere Police Station pending arraignment while the recovered items have been stored as exhibits.
Meanwhile, a team of detectives drawn from the Anti-Narcotics Unit and the Operations Action Team arrested three notorious traffickers and seized a substantial cache of cannabis sativa.
Acting on intelligence, the team descended on a rented house in Maji Mazuri, Mwiki, where they apprehended the primary suspect, 38-year-old Serah Wambui Nyaguthi.
A search of the premises led to the discovery of 67 bales and five sacks of cannabis sativa meticulously concealed within the house.
Further interrogation of Nyaguthi yielded crucial information, leading to the arrest of two additional suspects, 43-year-old Miriam Omwoso Aywa and 32-year-old Moses Karanja.
The trio was escorted to Muthaiga Police Station, while the confiscated drugs were taken to DCI headquarters for safe custody as exhibits.
In a separate operation, police officers in Embakasi apprehended three suspects, Sam Muthoka Musembi, Peter David Mumo, and Dorris Rashma Mutil, in possession of 181 rolls of bhang and 10 kilograms of unprocessed bhang.
The suspects are currently being held at Embakasi Police Station, where they are undergoing processing before their upcoming court appearance.
Police have enhanced operations on drug trafficking and possession in a bid to stop the rising trends.
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