{"id":34612,"date":"2021-08-31T17:18:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T17:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=34612"},"modified":"2021-08-31T15:53:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T15:53:34","slug":"thugs-in-police-uniform-caught-stealing-goods-worth-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/thugs-in-police-uniform-caught-stealing-goods-worth-millions","title":{"rendered":"Thugs In Police Uniform Caught Stealing Goods Worth Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Kendu Bay on the evening of Sunday, August 29, apprehended four people caught stealing goods worth Ksh1.8 million from a lorry.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the four had disguised themselves as police officers in a bid to steal steel rods from the lorry undetected.<\/p>\n<p>The lorry had been dispatched from a Kisumu-based iron processing company and was headed to Kisii to make a delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The operation by the four robbers, however, backfired after police were alerted by a director of the steel manufacturing company after the lorry diverted from the designated route and headed towards Kendu Bay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This prompted the director of the company to alert police officers based at Kendu Bay. The law enforcers acted swiftly by immediately pursuing the lorry,&#8221; the DCI stated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They caught up with it at Rakwaro Kamwala area, where it had stopped and the metal rods were being offloaded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The armed robbers opened fire at the officers and managed to evade capture, disappearing in the shores of Lake Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>However, during the scuffle, the officers managed to nab four of their accomplices. The four were taken to Kendu Bay Police station for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A police certificate of appointment, I.D card and a national hospital insurance card were recovered at the scene. Also recovered were a police smoke jacket and a police beret,&#8221; the DCI stated.<\/p>\n<p>The detectives are trying to establish if the documents recovered from the scene are authentic and whether they could be linked to the armed suspects who fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The DCI also urged Kenyans to divulge any information in regards to the escapees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Police in Kendu Bay on the evening of Sunday, August 29, apprehended four people caught stealing goods worth Ksh1.8 million from a lorry. 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