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.
More senior police officers have retired, triggering changes in the National Police Service.
Among those who retired is Charles Karege, principal assistant to the Deputy Inspector General of Administration Police Service. He was replaced by James Akoru.
The commandant of the Administration Police Training College in Embakasi Musa Kakawa also retired and was replaced by Mukuha Kamau.
The new commandant of the Rapid Deployment Unit is Okech Owino. The changes were announced DIG APS Noor Gabow.
In the Kenya Police, Rift Valley Regional Police Commander Mercus Ochola took his terminal leave on July 1 pending his retirement. Robinson Mboloi is the acting regional police boss.
Elsewhere, two senior Directorate of Criminal Investigations officers retired after serving for more than 40 years. The director of investigations bureau John Kariuki and head of operations Henry Ondiek bowed out of the service after attaining their retirement ages.
Carrey Nyawinda will act as the director of investigations while Bernard Gicheru will act as the director of operations. This was after the DCI George Kinoti approved the move.
“I wish you well as you continue to serve the members of the public and for those whom I may have crossed sword for one reason of the other be assured there was nothing personal and count it as job hazards,” said Kariuki in his letter to his colleagues at the service.
He said he had served for 33 years.
Ondiek said he had served for record 41 years and attributed it to cooperation between various players in the service.
“I appreciate all my colleagues, both uniformed and non-uniformed for support, encouragement and providing a shoulder to lean on,” he said in a memo to his colleagues.
More senior officers are set to retire from the service this year. A planned reshuffle of the senior officers following the exits is pending.
Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai congratulated them for the service they offered.
On behalf of @digitalcops2020,we will like to thank all the commander for the service they rendered during the time they were in service. God bless you all
Manchester City are planning to hold talks with England forward Raheem Sterling over his future, with the 26-year-old having two years left on his contract with the Premier League champions. (Mail)
With a deal for Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho having been agreed, West Ham midfielder Declan Rice, 22, Villarreal’s 24-year-old defender Pau Torres and Tottenham striker Harry Kane, 27, top Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s wishlist. (Guardian)
Sancho will be handed the number seven shirt at United, currently worn by Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, 34. (Metro)
United are also interested in Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder Leon Goretzka, 26, whose contract with the Bundesliga champions is due to expire in 2022. (Bild – in German)
However, United and Liverpool are likely to be priced out of a move for French winger Kingsley Coman after Bayern set a £77m asking price for the 25-year-old. (Bild)
Paris St-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has taken over from sporting director Leonardo in talks to get France striker Kylian Mbappe to extend his contract with the club. The 22-year-old’s current deal runs until 2022. (L’Equipe, via Get French Football News)
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich remains confident the Blues can secure the signing of Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland, 20, this summer. (Express)
Portugal Under-21 left-back Nuno Tavares, 21, will have a medical at Arsenal before joining the Gunners for £7m from Benfica. (Goal)
Chelsea have made a final offer to sign Manchester United forward Lauren James, 19, the sister of Blues full-back Reece James. (Goal)
Leicester face competition from AC Milan in the race to sign Sassuolo and Italy winger Domenico Berardi, 26, who has impressed for the Azzurri at Euro 2020. (Corriere dello Sport – in Italian)
Newcastle United have made a £1.5m bid for Wolves defender Dion Sanderson as they compete with Sunderland to sign the 21-year-old English player. (Mail)
RB Leipzig will let Austrian midfielder Marcel Sabitzer leave the club in a cut-price deal this summer, with Arsenal, AC Milan and Roma all interested in the 27-year-old playmaker. (Bild – in German)
Rangers captain James Tavernier is the subject of interest from Manchester United, Brighton, Norwich and Arsenal. The 29-year-old Englishman signed a contract extension in April, tying him to the Scottish champions until 2024. (90min)
Police officers in Kenya have been banned from having visitors over without first seeking permission from their bosses. This order was issued on June 30 by the Deputy Inspector General of Police Aineah Olweywe and will mainly affect police officers living in lines.
“Any officer wishing to bring relatives or friends into the lines shall obtain written permission from orderly N.C.O (In-Charge Lines and Discipline) and shall be registered. Unauthorised person shall be registered. Unauthorised persons shall be excluded from police lines,” Olweywe said.
This command was then sent to all Regpols Formation/Unit Commanders, County and Sub-County Commanders.
A few months ago, the Inspector General of Police banned police officers from airing their grievances on social media. This came after two female officers protested against their bosses who were alleged to have been harassing them.
A consignment of fake gold bars has been seized by detectives, from a strong room belonging to Swissport transit freight station, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
According to the DCI The fake gold bars concealed in 31 boxes received from Uganda, had been stored at the airport by shadowy businessmen, dealing in the lucrative gold business on the pretext that it was cargo awaiting transit to different destinations across the world.
The phoney traders settled on Swissport freight, since it provides ground and cargo handling services in major airports across the globe, to store their fake consignments so as to avoid detection by detectives.
In a clever gold scam that has seen businessmen from across the world lose hundreds of millions of shillings, the cons have been luring unsuspecting investors to view the gold at the customs offices at JKIA, the region’s preferred international aviation hub.
Once at the airport, a prospective buyer is lured to Swissport’s strong room, where what appears to be genuine gold bars are displayed. The client is advised that once the transaction is completed, the gold will be shipped to any destination of his choice across the globe.
However, immediately the buyer is convinced that the transaction is above board and makes payments including customs and shipping costs, that marks the beginning of his tribulations. In one such deal gone sour, a businessman lost over Sh34 million to the tricksters, who immediately went underground after they received the payments.
In a well coordinated and orchestrated scheme that detectives have been monitoring closely, the fraudsters began by acquiring posh premises in high end estates, guarded round the clock by Police Officers. It is in these upmarket establishments, where they perfected the art of international organized gold scam fraud, by luring unsuspecting genuine investors from across the world to part with millions of money in exchange of fake gold.
Detectives stormed many such premises and spoilt their party. The creative criminals thought they were smarter than detectives and acquired bank safe deposit boxes as their next safe haven. They exploited the services of custody of private memorabilia & treasure banking and started depositing fake gold in banks.
Investors armed with genuine bank documents, were herded to the same banks to confirm the gold deposits and parted with millions in exchange with the fake gold. In an operation led by the DCI Director in March 2019, detectives had stormed a prominent international bank with tentacles across major world capitals, and discovered dozens of fake gold deposits, that had been shown to many traders who fell victim to the scheme.
Following the collapse of this gimmick, the fraudsters have now reinvented themselves, and creatively devised a seemingly smart way of luring investors to airports, to be shown the gold.
Detectives have uncovered that the multi-million shilling conspiracy, is executed with the assistance of various agencies, including some government institutions.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations is cautioning anyone within or outside the country intending to venture in gold business, to be on the lookout not to fall prey to these amoebic fraudsters, who keep changing tactics and mode of operation.
When the deal looks too good, think twice and where necessary, kindly confirm the authenticity of the gold deposits with relevant government agencies and more so the DCI, that has come to the aid of so many victims.
A POLICE OFFICER KILLS HIS WIFE AND COMMIT SUICIDE BY USING HIS G3 RIFLE
Shooting incident Report. Reported by Cpl Ahmed Muhammad in charge Ganga police post through mobile phone that today at about 0400hrs he over heard gunshot running the air within his residential place. He alerted his fellow officers who immediately responded with an exception of one pc Edwin Muhula.The Nco was keen to establish the where about of the missing officer. He went to the post as he was on duty but missed him. He was then left with no option other than checking on him physically by knocking the door but there was no response.He then raised the station commander who then informed the sub county commander and immediately visited the scene in company of the DCI where it was established that the said officer had shot dead his wife whos name not yet established and also shot himself dead using his G3 rifle. Sccio Officers currently are at the scene of incident . More detailed Report to follow. Dci Samia dealing.
Fraud suspect Samuel Mwendwa Mutua who defrauded a nursing home over Sh948,000 in a false shipping deal has been arrested by detectives based at DCI Headquarters.
The 50-year-old suspect, whose company trades as World Freight Logistics Limited, had in 2020 been contracted by St. Joseph’s Maternity and Nursing Home located in Nakuru Molo sub-county, to import hospital equipment procured in an expansion program. The equipment, which were to be shipped from China, included hospital beds, mortuary equipment, theater beds and a dental chair.
The said hospital had on Nov 6, 2020 gone ahead to pay Sh 407,000 from its Equity Bank account to the suspect’s company’s account held at a local bank, being payments for freight charges. The payments were made after the China-based vendor consolidated the shipment into a 40-feet container and settled it on Oceanus Intn’l Logistics (Shenzen) Co. Ltd as guided by the suspect.
Samuel mwenda fraud suspect photo Dci
When the goods arrived in the country on Dec 8, 2020, the hospital had applied for clearance permit from the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, before releasing Sh158,200 to the suspect’s account being shipping line charges and container deposits.
An extra Sh383,000 was on April 4, 2021 sent to the suspect to cater for Kenya Ports Authority rent and the World Freight Logistics agency fee, the latter amounting to Sh183,000.
It was after receiving the entire amount of Sh948,200 that the suspect decided to go under, after a series of false promises that his company would deliver the goods at the hospital’s facility.
The hospital would later make their complaint at DCI’s Complaints Directorate after learning that not only had the suspect defrauded them, but also had their shipment auctioned on overstay grounds at the Embakasi ICD.
Investigations conducted by the DCI established that having received the Sh948,200 from the hospital, the suspect neither paid the freight charges to Oceanus Co. Ltd, rent to KPA nor the container deposits.
Further, swift transfer forms presented by the suspect alleging to have paid USD 3275 to the China-based company as freight charges was found to be fake.
The suspect is currently being processed for arraignment, and will face charges of Obtaining Money by False Pretences and Forgery/Making a Document without Lawful Authority.
There is drama and confusion at Kisumu Central Police station after an OCS who was transferred two weeks ago has vowed to stay put and not to leave the post he has been holdng for years now.
The station now has two OCSs who are scrambling to attend to clients in the same office
The DIG in the recent reshuffle moved the ward commanders( commonly known as OCS) to different parts of the country.
Thomas Thembara who was moved to Uasin Gishu county has allegedly refused to pave way for Paul Muturi who should be the new OCS at the station.
According to an officer who sought anonymity, the duo is also scrambling for the OCS seat and other office equipment.
“The officer has refused to go and insists that he must remain here. It’s drama daily for the past two weeks,”
Nyanza Regional Police Commander Karanja Muiruri was however unavailable for comment. The officers are now calling on the sub county police commander and the regional police commander to help in solving the matter because it’s affecting the service delivery to the residents of kisumu.
Hafsa Mohamed Lukman the Kamukunji based businesswoman who disappeared on June 15, has finally been rescued by detectives, from her captors. The 23-year-old woman was found at a dingy room in Matopeni, within Kayole, where she had been forced to fit in a water tank.
The water tank hafsa had been forced to fit
Hafsa who was last seen at her clothing shop was kidnapped by a criminal gang, that demanded a ransom of Sh5 million, in exchange of her freedom. In a heart rending videoclip recorded by the kidnappers after her disappearance, Hafsa who appeared tortured, begged her family to meet the demands of her tormentors, for her life to be spared.
Following an elaborate operation conducted by detectives from Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau and the Special Service Unit, Hafsa was rescued today morning.
The badly shaken woman who had visible bruises on her face and hands, was immediately rushed to hospital for medical attention. One 24-year-old suspect who is part of the gang that kidnapped Hafsa, was arrested and is currently being interviewed by detectives to shed more light on the kidnapping & help in the arrest of his fellow miscreants.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations is issuing a stern warning to any persons harbouring the intention of committing such a heinous crime, that no efforts shall be spared in their pursuit.
Six police officers were yesterday 19th June, 2021 arrested by police officers from Kasagram police station for contravening curfew orders. The six together with other six civilians were arrested in Black Pearl bar And restaurant at Nyamasaria shopping center in Kasule sub location drinking.
The six , five from Nyakacho Police Station and one from Central police station in Nakuru and the other six were placed in custody at Kondole police station appearing drunk and disorderly waiting to be arraigned in court on Monday the 21st June 2021.
The county of kisumu had been placed under strict measures to curb the spread of Covid 19. Recently kisumu has been the epi center of covid 19 due to the madaraka day celebration forcing the government to place the lake region counties under lock down.
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