Editor's Review

The phones and other electronic loot would be taken to repair technicians.

Detectives attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) caught up with a syndicate of suspected thugs robbing members of the public of their mobile communication devices.

The racket led by a 32-year-old man had with it over 417 mobile phones in Nyeri.

According to the police, the recovery and arrest followed interrogations on two young men earlier arrested by Nyeri detectives, after they were cornered while snatching mobile phones from shoppers in Gatitu, Nyeri.

The phones were procured by mobile phone repairers in the town.

Stolen phones recovered in Nyeri.

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John Kariuki and James Thuita were apprehended on November 1.

The detectives would then proceed to Gatitu shopping centre where their accomplice David Thinwa Ngatia who operated a mobile phone repair shop was ambushed and the recoveries made.

Other items found stashed in his business space included two TV sets, three laptops, two cameras, 47 mobile subscriber sim cards, and a HP printer among others. 

The Nyeri security command warned against a surge in pickpocketers mostly interested in smartphones.

The law enforces however assured the public that the syndicates involved in the thefts were on police radar and would soon face the full force of the law.

The suspects would be arraigned on Monday, November 6.

The loot was all seized and kept as exhibits.