DCI Stage Morning Raid At Apartment, Pull Out Notorious Robbers

The officers gatecrashed their rented apartment the following morning and accosted the two suspects after they refused to open the door for them.

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Apr 19, 2023 - 14:27
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DCI Stage Morning Raid At Apartment, Pull Out Notorious Robbers
Officers outside the entrance of DCI headquarters. /FILE

Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Wednesday, April 19 were forced to change their tactics after two robbery with violence suspects managed to outsmart them.

The detectives were forced to give up after engaging the miscreants in a game of hide and seek lasting a few hours into the night, forcing the officers to lay a trap for the suspects in a bid to arrest them.

The officers gatecrashed their rented apartment the following morning and accosted the two suspects after they refused to open the door for them.

Inside a house of robbery suspects who were arrested in Eldoret on Wednesday, April 18, 2023. /DCI

"The two Kevin Mwangi and Bonface Biwott were ejected out of their rented house after defying orders to open the door during the early morning raid by detectives based at DCI Usin-Gishu, backed up by their counterparts from the elite Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau.

"Earlier, the two thugs who were on a motorbike had engaged our men in a hide-and-seek game that lasted a few hours last night, prompting the sleuths to abandon the chase and lay an ambush on their doorstep, instead," stated the DCI in part.

The raid that took place at the apartment in Yamumbi, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu county saw them recover a Glock pistol loaded with seven rounds of 9 mm calibre.

The men who were on a motorbike had spotted the officers and tried to escape from them following a chase lasting the whole night, managing to outwit the sleuths before they would eventually revenge.

"Immediately after gaining access into the house, a search was conducted leading to the recovery of the firearm, assorted electronic goods suspected to have been stolen, a toy pistol and a bucket containing cannabis sativa," added the DCI.

The suspects were believed to have masterminded the recent robbery incidents in Eldoret town and its environs.

They are currently in custody assisting police with investigations after positive identification by the use of forensic technologies. 

An aerial view of Eldoret town. /FILE

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