Two police officers are among four suspects arrested for allegedly robbing at gunpoint a university student and his friend of Sh698,000 in Juja, Kiambu.

Police have also impounded two vehicles and recovered a firearm believed to have been used during the robbery which was reported on July 31 at the Juja Police Station.

Benson Mutisya and Kennedy Gathathu are based at DCI Kamukuji in Nairobi. They were arrested together with two civilians, Mutenge Mbeti, 36, and Lewis Ndirangu Kariuki, 32.

A police report says Robinson Mogaka, a third year student at Machakos University, was driving a rented car from Embu where he had attended a ceremony and was heading to Machakos.

“On reaching Kenyatta Road in Juja, he was blocked by a white motor vehicle registration number KCX 965B. Three men armed with a pistol handcuffed him and forced him to take them to his friend Abdulrahaman Juma’s house, which he did,” says the report.

Later, the suspects transferred Sh85,000 from Mogaka’s phone and another USD 4,300 (Sh613,000) from both complainants through Binance online transaction.

On August 2, DCI officers got a tip off that the same people were again going to Abdullrahaman’s house and laid a trap and arrested four people, among them the two police officers.

A Jericho pistol S/No. KEKP 44338928 and a Huawei pocket phone radio were recovered from the officers.