Crime

The arrested 72-year-old foreigner, believed to be a pedophile, has been sentenced to serve 81 years behind bars. Thomas Scheller was arrested by detectives from the Child Protection Unit on May 4, 2020, after the sleuths intercepted cyber tip line intelligence linking the convict to child pornography in Kwale County.

Detectives have arrested two women believed to have overdosed a man with a stupefying substance leading to his death in Kisii county.The two women, Kajuju Samuel and Carolyne Kawira aged 30 and 26 respectively, were nabbed by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) sleuths at their hideout in Nairobi’s Kasarani

Police yesterday recovered a consignment of drugs believed to be cannabis sativa, that was destined for the coastal city of Mombasa. The recovery that was made last night followed a chase pitting police officers car, against a car with two occupants - of a silver Toyota Premio, registration number KAV

Two terror suspects believed to be from Tanzania have been arrested while headed to Somalia, to join the Al-Shabaab terror network. The suspects, Sadam Jafari Kitia, 30 and Abdirahman Shaffi Mkwatili, 25 were arrested by security agents in Moyale, after they lost their direction to Somalia. They were using a

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has commenced investigations into alleged scholarship to Finland fraud. The alleged scholarship to Finland fraud is said to have involved the County government of Uasin Gishu. This follows numerous complaints by members of the public from Uasin Gishu County, who claimed to having been defrauded

Police have dismantled a motorcycle theft ring operating between Kenya and Tanzania, where the stolen motorbikes are believed to be having ready market. This is after investigations revealed that there existed a well organized criminal gang that masterminded the disappearance of stolen motorbikes in various towns in the country, before

Robbery with violence suspects have been arrested and two firearms linked to various robberies in Nairobi and its environs recovered. The suspect, other than in Nairobi, has terrorised residents of Nakuru, Kiambu, Muranga and Kajiado counties.The suspects, identified as Ezekiel Kiarie and David Mwangi alias Mzae, who have been on

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has committed to avert online fraud, and hence partnered with mobile provider Safaricom. This was said today by the Director of Criminal Investigations Mr Mohamed Amin, when he received a team of Safaricom top managers that had visited the DCI headquarters. In a meeting with