A team of detectives drawn from Nairobi regional CRIB and Operations unit on Friday August 2, 2024 re- arrested Shailesh Babubhai Mistry who had earlier escaped from Karen Police Station in Nairobi.

Mistry who is the  director of Cateyes Customs Limited, had been arrested earlier in the day at Tamasha Bar and Restaurant within Karen by DCI Karen detectives and escorted to Karen Police station.

A search was conducted in his motor vehicle Registration No. KCQ 888N and a cache of weapons was recovered.

Recovered items include a Sig Sauer P22 pistol,  two Canik pistols with no working parts, six empty pistol magazines , forty three 9mm x 19 rounds, nine 45 auto rounds, two hundred and three 223  rounds, twelve 357 sig  rounds, forty four 380 auto rounds, twenty 38 special ARX  rounds, twelve 308 win rounds, sixty 470 nitro rounds, one hundred and four 12 gauge short gun rounds and thirty seven 3006 SPRG  rounds.

Later the suspect was escorted to his residence at Southlands Estate Jordan Court House No. 411 and upon search, one Benelli shotgun, one hundred and seventy 223 rounds and forty 7.62 x 39 rounds of ammunition were recovered.

In the process, the suspect produced an expired civilian firearm certificate and was taken back to Karen police station where he was booked in for further processing.

While in the cells, Mistry requested to be escorted to his vehicle that was parked in the station yard to pick a sweater  but in the process, he instead locked himself inside the vehicle and later drove fast out of the station gate and in the process injured an officer.

Immediate man haunt was launched and following intelligence leads, the escapee was  intercepted while driving his vehicle within Kasarani area where he was re-arrested.

A quick search was conducted inside his vehicle  where 3 Pistol  Magazines,  2  loaded with 15 rounds  of 9mm  ammunition each and one loaded with 14 rounds of 9mm ammunition were recovered.  

Additionally, nine slag 12 gauge shot Gun ammos were also recovered.

The suspect has been placed in the cells pending arraignment.