The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has recovered stolen vehicles after it launched a countrywide crackdown on suspected theft syndicates.
The launch led sleuths to Nakuru County, where they arrested a suspect said to be in possession of a stolen vehicle from Nairobi.
“After scrupulous interrogation on the notorious motor vehicle theft suspects arrested yesterday in Nairobi and Nyeri counties, DCI sleuths deployed to bring to their knees all syndicates implicated in the vice proceeded to Nakuru county in a bid to effect more accomplices and recover stolen motor vehicles.
“At the 58 suburb area of Nakuru City, they pounced on Michael Gichuhi Macharia, who was in possession of a suspected stolen Toyota Vitz registration number, KCW 582Q, believed to have been stolen from a Nairobi city dweller,” DCI said.
The police, however, failed to arrest a second suspect, who ran away, leaving behind a vehicle believed to have been stolen.
“The officers ambushed a second renowned suspect, Charles Kung’u Kamau, driving a numberless Toyota Probox silver in colour.
“A search of its chassis revealed its registration as KBV 958J. Kung’u, who has few antics after occasional confrontations with the law, managed to dart away, leaving the vehicle, but efforts are in high gear to have him in police custody,” the DCI statement added.
DCI launched a countrywide crackdown following a spike in reported cases of theft of motor vehicles from various residential and social parking yards, especially in Nairobi and neighbouring counties.
