Detectives arrest armed suspected thug in Kileleshwa

By , K24 Digital
On Sun, 26 Jun, 2022 17:17 | 2 mins read
Eric Musungu. PHOTO/DCI/Facebook

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives based at Kileleshwa, Nairobi, foiled an armed attack aimed at two businessmen on Saturday, June 25.

This followed a tip-off received by the officers, who quickly pounced on the suspects in the nick of time, just before staging their attack.

"The thugs who were using a motorbike as their getaway means were cornered along Laikipia road in Kilimani by the hawk-eyed officers who ordered them to surrender immediately.

"But the thugs defied the order and escaped in different directions leaving the bike behind, prompting a chase that pit the thugs against the officers," DCI said.

The officers caught up with one of them as another disappeared into one of the routes to the estates in the area.

"It wasn't long before one of the thugs was swept off his feet by the long-legged Corporal Miheso, catapulting him to the air for a moment before landing on the ground with a thud.

"There's no way the thug would have gotten away from Miheso, a former physical trainer at the National Police College main campus - Kiganjo," DCI added.

Detective rescues suspect from mob justice

Boda Boda riders who joined the officers in the chase tried to administer mob justice on the suspect.

"Angry mob of nduthi men chasing closely behind baying for his blood descended on him with an avalanche of blows and kicks, disfiguring his dental arrangement and gifting him a swollen eye.

"The thug writhed on the ground in pain, begging for forgiveness, as the unforgiving nduthi men jostled for an opportunity to deliver a blow on his face," DCI stated.

A homemade pistol capable of firing loaded with one round of 9mm caliber was recovered from the thug, Eric Musungu, from Kawangware 46 area.

He is due to be arraigned in court on Monday, June 727.

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