Detectives from the directorate of criminal investigations (DCI) have arrested three suspected robbers who have been waylaying members of the public and robbing them of valuables along Kisumu – Nairobi highway near CFAO center.
In a statement on Monday December 2, 2024, the DCI reported that two suspects managed to escaped as officers recovered several weapons during the incident.
The suspects were arrested by undercover officers drawn from Kasagam Police Station.
“Oblivious of a sting operation to end their reign of terror, the trio who were part of a five-man gang pounced on the officers using an array of crude weapons, too late to realize they had carried the wrong weapons in a battle of guns,” DCI reported in a statement.
“Outsmarted, three of the five obeyed orders to surrender, dropping their weapons as the other two scooted off like terrified warthogs. The latter, having been identified, are being hotly pursued amidst calls to surrender at the Kasagam station.”
Meanwhile, the arrested, Elly Omondi Oyugi, 22 and Isaac Ochieng, 22 have been placed in custody pending arraignment in court while Wesley John Oyugi, 27, is in hospital undergoing treatment.
