Nairobi Provincial police boss Anthony Kibuchi has issued an alert over a group of criminals who have been targeting women and kidnapping them for ransom. Detectives on Wednesday tracked and arrested members of the gang who had kidnapped a woman and were demanding Sh30,000 from her distraught husband. According to the police boss, three members of the gang kidnapped the woman at Kigwa stage along Kiambu Road and forced her into their car. The kidnappers then contacted the woman’s husband demanding for ransom.
The police tracked the woman to Athi River where she had been locked up. “Police officers, using new technology, tracked the victim to Athi River and rescued her. My appeal to women and young persons is to avoid free rides from strangers,” Kibuchi said. Over the weekend, a group of criminals kidnapped a couple at gunpoint in Mlolongo and drove them to the city center.
The gang used the vehicle to commit robberies, abandoning the man along Thika Superhigway and drove off with his wife. The body of Winfred Nduku Mumo was found in the car the following day in Westlands. The man, a military officer, reported the incident at the Muthaiga police station immediately he was dropped. The alerts come amid reports that there is a female criminal who has been luring young men from entertainment spots and killing them.
Meanwhile, a motorist was shot dead outside his home in Kitengela on Wednesday night. His car, a Honda CRV car and Sh1,800 were stolen. In a separate incident, a suspected gangster was shot dead and a Ceska pistol loaded with five rounds of ammunition recovered during a foiled robbery at an M-pesa shop in Adams Arcade shopping center. The slain suspect along with an accomplice are reported to have walked into the M-pesa shop with the intention of committing a robbery. However, police on patrol confronted the duo.
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