Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal investigations (DCI) on Sunday evening arrested four people caught stealing from a lorry, loaded with steel rods worth Ksh1.8 million.
According to a report by the DCI, the four, Byron Apollo Ochieng, John Omondi Ochieng, Bernard Otieno Owuor and Quinter Otieno are believed to have diverted the lorry headed from Kisumu to Kisii.
"The lorry had been dispatched from Kisumu’s Abyssian Iron and Steel Company to make a delivery in Kisii. However, on reaching Oyugis, it diverted from the designated route and headed towards Kendu Bay," part of the statement reads.
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The sudden diversion prompted the director who was monitoring the goods to alert the police officers in Kendu bay.
They then swiftly started pursuing the lorry which they got hold of at Rakwaro Kamwala area, where it had stopped and the metal rods were being offloaded.
Upon spotting the officers, one of the suspects dressed in a police jungle uniform fired at the officers as he disappeared towards the shores of Lake Victoria.
The rest of the suspects did not manage to run as the detectives arrested them at the scene and escorted them to Kendu Bay Police station for further questioning.
The sleuths also discovered a number of items including a police certificate of appointment, I.D card and a national hospital insurance(NHIF) card.
