Three arrested after snatching mobile phones from a man coming from Nyali Beach

Police officers in Mombasa have arrested three robbery suspects who accosted a man in Nyali before stealing from him two mobile phones on Tuesday, November 22 evening.

The three (Ali Sharif Omar, 21, Zulfi Zulfikar, 20, of Mshomoroni area, and Ali Baribi Kiyema, 18, from Basketball area Kisauni) attacked the victim who was making his way from Nyali beach at 6:45 pm.

The trio reportedly roughed him up and snatched his two mobile phones, before jumping on their get-away motorcycle.

The incident prompted the victim to make a scream for help that attracted the attention of police on patrol and bodaboda operators, who made a chase.

Fortunately for the victim, the miscreants were conered at the Mamba Village Roundabout, surrendering to the police.

The trio was then arrested and escorted to Nyali Police Station and the motorcycle Boxer KMFX 362B also recovered.

The stolen Samsung S8 and Huawei smartphones were however not recovered, the suspects claiming they had thrown them away into a thicket during the chase.

The three are being processed for arraignment.