DCI: How Gun Was Used To Rob Millions In Nairobi For 3 Years

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have revealed how a double-action/single-action semi-automatic pistol known as a Jericho pistol was used to wreak havoc amongst Nairobi residents for three years.

The agency has since managed to recover the weapon after imploring a string of advanced technology with the recent opening of its National Forensic Laboratory at its headquarters along Kiambu Road.

The weapon was found to have been stolen from a police officer. On June 20, 2019, a report was filed at the Parklands police station regarding a male person who was lying motionless beside Mtama road in Highridge, Parklands area at around 10 am.

A Jericho pistol. /DCI

Police officers rushed to the scene and found a middle-aged man lying unconscious.

"One of the officers recognized the unconscious man as a fellow police officer, who was stationed at Riruta police station on special duties. Previously, he worked at the Parklands police station.

"The officer was rushed to Avenue hospital but his condition worsened, prompting to transfer him to Nairobi West hospital for specialized treatment," narrated the DCI in part.

Unknown to the officers, their colleague was a victim of the vicious gang of women who until recently had taken city nightclubs by storm and were spiking drinks belonging to male patrons with highly potent drugs meant for patients with mental disorders, before robbing them of their valuables.

In the victim’s case, he lost a firearm issued to him by the government, a Jericho Pistol Serial Number KE KP44330654.

Since its disappearance, the firearm has been the cause of untold suffering to city residents.

It has been used to commit 28 robbery with violence incidents in Kasarani, Makadara, Kayole, Kamukunji, Dandora, Buruburu, Ruai, Kikuyu, Embakasi and Karatina.

"As detectives later discovered, the women, who stupefied the officer’s drink were part of a dangerous drink-spiking syndicate, operating under slain gangster Samuel Mugo Muvota, who was shot dead in cold blood in May, by his associates after a deal gone sour.

"According to intelligence reports gathered by detectives based at the Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau, the firearm was then hired to gangsters operating from Kayole, who for the past three years have terrorized over 30 MPESA agents in the city," added the DCI.

Some have lost their lives while others bear permanent bullet marks that will forever be a sad reminder of their encounter with the bloodthirsty gang.

Police officers have not been spared either as some continue nursing wounds, inflicted by the thugs who escaped several police dragnets.

Using the firearm, the gang made away with over Ksh10 million from mobile money agents alone.

Three of the thugs have so far been shot dead and the firearm recovered.

Security officers guard the DCI National Forensics Laboratory. /CAPITAL GROUP