DCI Starts Manhunt For Robbers Caught On CCTV Robbing Nairobi Motorist Ksh1.5M

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is investigating a criminal gang of four men operating within Nairobi and its environs which has become the nightmare of bank customers.

DCI announced in a statement on Monday, October 16 while releasing the images of the four suspects as caught on CCTV.

"As the clientele go about their businesses in the banking halls, a member of the ring who also poses as a customer monitors and identifies targets, usually those withdrawing cash in bulk, before signalling his accomplices who keep stealing glances from the parking area.

"Using a hired vehicle that bears false registration numbers, they trail their targets to a choice spot before striking in whichever way as long as they get to steal the money. In some cases, victims suffer grievous harm," stated the DCI in part.

A photo collage of robbers captured on CCTV in Nairobi. /DCI

The detectives revealed that in one such incident on October 7, the exposed gang targeted a client at Parklands as he walked out of a local Bank housed at Diamond Plaza. 

Oblivious of the gang and its mode of operation, the to-be victim placed a sum of Ksh1.5 million in his Mazda CX5 vehicle which was in the parking lot, locked the vehicle and stepped to a nearby shop to pick up an item.

"The man would only return a short moment later to find himself poorer than he had left home. The gang which was using a Nissan Note bearing fake registration numbers had swiftly broken into his car and fled with the cash," added the DCI.

The incident was reported at DCI Parklands and investigations are ongoing, with DCI appealing to anyone with information leading to the arrest of the dangerous gang to reach out to the agency via the #FichuakwaDCI toll-free hotline at 0800 722 203.

Meanwhile, in other news, DCI detectives arrested Abdullahi Mohamed Guled, a key suspect linked to the abduction of a woman along Likoni Road in Nairobi, following an intense search made after a missing person report was made at Industrial area police station by a taxi driver on October 12, 2023.

The Victim, Shakara Adan Hassan was heading to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) from Eastleigh when the taxi she was travelling in was stopped by the driver of another vehicle that was trailing them.

Upon stopping, two occupants from the said vehicle while posing as police officers ordered Shakara to board their vehicle and head to Shauri Moyo police station for interrogation leaving the taxi driver at the scene.

"Preliminary investigations revealed that the said individuals were not police officers and the victim had not been booked at any police station within the Nairobi region. 

"Further investigations led a team of DCI detectives from DCI Nairobi regional headquarters; DCI Makadara, DCI Imenti North and DCI Igembe Central to Maua town where they managed to arrest the key suspect," stated the DCI on Monday.

Upon intense interrogation, the suspect led the detectives to an abandoned residential house at Kachiongo on the outskirts of Maua town where the victim was rescued and a motor vehicle suspected to have been used during the abduction was recovered.

The victim was taken to hospital for medical checks while efforts to trace the other suspects were ongoing.