Police in Kericho county have arrested a thirty six year old bodaboda rider from Kabusenduk village in Bureti sub county.This is due to a fake kidnap scheme crafted with an attempt to extort 100,000 shillings from his wife yesterday.
According to the County Criminal Investigations Officer John Onyango said the man was arrested after the investigators found out his hiding place. It is said that the man was hiding at his friend’s house as he waited for his wife to send him the money.
The suspect’s wife reported to the police the time she received a phone call from her husband informing her that he was kidnapped and that the kidnappers were demanding for 100,000 so that he may be released.
The suspect is now detained at Bureti police station. The police are also calling upon the public to give information to the police on anyone suspected to be involved in such cases.
Kidnapping cases in the country are on the rise and the police are asking parents to take care of their children as they as seen as the target from the recent kidnapping cases.
Kidnappers we’re also caught red handed removing an eye of a boy in mombasa.
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