Police Recover A Stolen Police AK47 In Kirinyaga
Special Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) unit have recovered a stolen Police AK47 riffle that was stolen in Kirinyaga County.
According to reports, the AK47 rifle that had been stolen from Kabonge police station in Kirinyaga county on February 2, 2024 before the suspect went missing with it and one other.
The police managed to arrest a 25-year-old male suspect by the name Kennedy Mwangi Wangeci who hails from Mugure area of Ndia in connection with the theft.
The suspect was ambushed by the detectives who were acting on an intelligence report, before the police rifle and 18 rounds of ammunition were discovered buried in a shallow hole outside his house.
Two police officers from whom the the AK47 and another G3 rifle were stolen are currently under investigation, even as a team from DCI Operations heighten the scrupulous search for the remaining rifle
Allegedly, the firearms were stolen after the cell sentry and report office attendant stepped out of their areas of deployment, leaving the firearms unattended at the reception area.
The suspect is currently in custody as police keep interrogating him to shed more light on how the rifle ended up in his possession.
More details are yet to be released whether it was an inside job planned theft or it was a mistake that officers made that led to the disappearance of the rifles.
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