Two police officers have been arrested over a case of robbery with violence in which victims lost over Sh600,000 in Juja, Kiambu County.
The officers attached to Kamkunji police in Nairobi were arrested by their Juja counterparts as they revisited a scene they had earlier robbed two university students.
One of the victims, Robinson Mogaka who is a student at Machakos University told police he was driving a salon car after attending a party in Embu when he was blocked by another car. Three men armed with pistols jumped out and handcuffed him.
The gunmen ordered Mogaka to take them to his friend identified as Abdulrahman Juma. On arrival at Juma’s house, the officers also handcuffed him and forced both of them to take them to Total petrol station in Marurui area along Northern Bypass.
There, they forced the two to fuel their (officers’) car for Sh6,000. They also forced Robinson to transfer Sh85,000 from his mobile phone and $4,300 (Sh614,044) from his Binance cryptocurrency account.
They then abandoned the two and left. The complainants reported the matter at Juja police station prompting a probe.
On Wednesday, police were tipped the same suspects were going to Juma’s house for more money. They immediately laid a trap which led to the arrest of the two officers and two other suspected civilian accomplices.
