A police officer is in custody after a CCTV footage exposed people suspected to be police officers after using AK47s to perpetrate robberies in Kisii.
DCI detectives in the area had pursuing an armed gang of three who on 2nd January, 2024 robbed Sh40,000 from PEPS Mini Supermarket which is situated at Corner Mbaya.
The incident was captured by CCTV cameras showing three robbers who had partly covered their faces, two of whom were armed, one with an AK47 and the other with a pistol. The rifle bearer had police fatigues on, but it was not apparent that he was a police officer.
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This matter prompted the DCI to fast track investigations into the matter to ascertain if indeed they are police officers or members of a gang. However, on February 3rd,officers from Kisii Central Police who were in patrol stumbled upon one of their own under a wrath of mob justice.
On enquiry, the officers established that the suspect, Police Constable Edgar Opollo, had robbed a smart phone from a Kisii University student, and on frisking the injured suspect found the phone. He was arrested and escorted to the station.
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Following Opollo’s arrest, an identification parade was conducted where the supermarket owner successfully identified him as one of the robbers who had robbed him on 2nd January.
Further investigations have revealed that the suspect is a General Service Unit officer deployed in Kisii. He continues recuperating under police guard at a Kisii hospital pending interrogation and arraignment for robbery with violence.
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