Members of dreaded Kiambu gang arrested in police operation
By Mathew.Ndungu and Oliver Musembi, July 12, 2022It was the end of the road for a gang believed to be taking advantage of the electioneering to terrorise residents of Kiambu County.
Acting on information from members of the public, police in Ruiru and Juja sub-counties arrested five suspects said to be part of the dreaded KK Brothers gang.
Gang members, said to pose as police officers, wear military jungle jackets and carry AK-47 assault rifles, one said to have been snatched from a policeman who was killed during a bank robbery in Matuu, Machakos. They also carry toy pistols.
Police also recovered stolen mobile phones and electronics and crude weapons they used to break into electronic shops and homes.
The gang is reported to have been operating at various villages in Juja, including Gachororo, Mung’etho, Juja Farm and Mastore, Mwalimu Farm, Ruiru town, Mwea in Gatundu North and Ngoingwa in Thika.
Gas cylinders
Police say there has been a reemergence of armed criminal groups during the campaign period. The gangs harass and rob members of the public.
Kiambu County Police Commander Muchangi Kioi told journalists that officers staged a sting operation and managed to arrest the suspects and recovered firearms.
“The suspects were found with 30 stolen cooking gas cylinders, nine lap tops, nine television sets and six hoofers,” Kioi added.
He said they also arrested a woman who was an accomplice of the gang members. According to the police, the gang members would have some of the money stolen from their victims sent to her.
The police commander revealed that three more members of the gang were arrested in West Pokot while transporting stolen items and would be transferred back to Kiambu to be processed for prosecution.
Police are hunting for more suspects, he said.
Kioi said a special unit of officers would be deployed in Gakoe in Gatundu North where a woman was recently killed, an M-Pesa shop robbed and a car stolen.
He at the same time lauded boda boda operators in the county for helping police during operations. He urged members of the public to continue volunteering information that can help office arrest criminals.