Fugitive Kevin Kang’ethe has been Re-Arrested in Ngong after a dramatic police escape from Muthaiga Police Station last week.
According to police reports, laid traps were set that fugitive Kevin Kang’ethe walked into that led to his re-arrest in Ngong in Tuesday night.
Reports indicate that senior officers at the Ngong Police station received a tip-off from the public about the suspect’s whereabouts, tracked him down and laid a trap that led to his arrest.
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The police bosses also mobilised a contingent of 11 officers from the station who laid a trap for the fugitive and arrested him before he could plan his next course of action.
“The officers who laid an ambush at Ngong township Map BJ 331448 about 3km west of the station (cmm) managed to arrest one Kelvin Kinyanjui Kangethe who had escaped from Muthaiga Police Station on 7/2/2024.”
Fugitive Kevin Kang’ethe will be transported from Ngong later in the day to the DCI headquarters in Nairobi awaiting his arraignment whether he will be extradited with additional charges of escaping from the Muthaiga Police Station a week ago .
According to reports, the arrest of his brother alongside his girlfriend assisted the police in locating the fugitive who was on the lose after being helped by a man posing as his lawyer to escape from police custody.
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Four other officers who were on duty on the day of escape have been sanctioned with another lawyer, presumed to have advised Kang’ethe before his strategic escape being detained.
According to the DCI, the fugitive is wanted in the US for the murder of his girlfriend Margaret Mbitu who was found dead at the Logan Airport. Kangethe is reported to have fled to Kenya after committing the heinous act.
