Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a suspect involved in vandalizing vehicles and stealing motor vehicle parts from parked cars in Kiamumbi, Kiambu County. 

In a statement on Thursday June 6, 2024, the DCI noted that 24-year-old Francis Ndichu Kimani had been stealing motor vehicle parts from parked cars.

“After giving Kiamumbi residents sleepless nights by stealthily creeping perimeter fences and vandalizing their parked motor vehicles in the cover of darkness, the notorious suspect identified as Francis Ndichu Kimani, 24, was finally caught pants down,” DCI reported.

Kimani was arrested during a security operation conducted along Santiago Street, after residents reported several cases of car vandalism in the area.

The vice had led to some car owners spending extra cash on watchmen or sleeping in the cars to scare the thieves. 

“Strategically positioning themselves at various points, troops in Kiamumbi led by the OCS braved night-long dizzles, until 3.40am when the lone burglar also known as Ndich was spotted scaling the wall of a homestead,” DCI noted in a statement.

“In a matter of seconds even before the commander could direct his men on the next course of action, the suspect re-emerged clutching the front grille and headlight of a Toyota Harrier, skillfully stripped from the home owner’s family car.”

He was arrested and escorted to the police station.

After further interrogation, the suspect disclosed crucial leads to accomplices and the market for stolen motor vehicle parts.

Meanwhile, police are investigating the matter in order to arrest more suspects involved in the vice.