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Three arrested with clothing materials worth more than Sh 2.5 million

By Amina Wako December 18th, 2019 1 min read

Sleuths attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Tuesday night arrested three individuals who were in possession of stolen goods worth Sh2.5 million.

In a statement, the DCI said that the three were arrested at Kikopey in Gilgil, Nakuru county while on transit from Uganda to Kenya.

“Following a report of theft of clothing materials valued at over Sh 2.5 million on transit to Uganda, officers from @DCI_Kenya Mombasa and SCPU Nairobi jointly managed to arrest the three,” DCI said.

The three have been identified as Samwel Munari, Peter Gitogo and Indiris Mugweya, who is a Ugandan national.

The detectives also nabbed a motor vehicle of registration number KAX 808 L that the three were using.

The DCI also stated that the three were in possession of equipment used to break into containers.